Syrian-born Waiel Awwad elected president of Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia

New Delhi: Senior journalists Waiel Awwad and Prakash Nanda were elected as president and secretary, respectively, of the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia (FCCSA) here for a two-year term.

P M Narayanan, a journalist with German TV, was elected as treasurer for 2025-27, a statement from the FCCSA said.

Syrian-born Awwad succeeds veteran journalist S Venkat Narayan as the FCCSA president.

The elections, held on Saturday, were preceded by the annual General Body meeting within the FCCSA premises.

Journalists Mayank Bhardwaj, Krishnan P Nayar, Anoop Saxena (German TV), Devina Gupta, Eshani Mathur, Rusalan Imaev, Sidhartha Srivastava, C K Nayak and Amitav Srivastava were elected as members of the general council.