Powerful US lawmakers and prominent members of the Indian-American community have welcomed the nomination of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the country's next envoy to India. President Joe Biden on Friday announced his intent to nominate LA Mayor Garcetti to become the new US Ambassador to India. 

The new US envoy to India Eric Garcetti was greeted today, by US Congressman Brad Sherman and US-India Business Council (USIBC) President Nisha Biswal.

"As Co-Chair of the Congressional India Caucus, I look forward to working with @MayorOfLA Garcetti to strengthen the relationship between the world's oldest and largest democracies," tweeted Brad Sherman.  "An inspired choice by @POTUS to name @ericgarcetti for US Ambassador to India. Excited to see Mayor Garcetti put his bits of Hindi to good use and advance the US-India partnership. Proud that @USIBC had the chance to engage Mayor Garcetti with India's Ambassador at the time," tweeted Nisha Biswal.

Mayor Garcetti's close political ties to President Biden and his experience in the national and international arenas present a welcome opportunity for the diaspora to work together to continue bridging US-India ties.

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