India is planning to change envoy in these countries? check details

As India strengthens bilateral ties with Bangladesh, it has appointed diplomat Pranay Verma as the new High Commission in the neighboring country.

Verma, who is currently serving as the Indian envoy to Vietnam, will succeed Vikram Doraiswamy in Dhaka. Verma is a 1994 batch Indian Foreign Service officer.

Interestingly, Doraiswamy will hold the charge of the Indian High Commission in the United Kingdom. Relations between India and Bangladesh saw an expansion during his tenure that began in October 2020. Indian High Commissioner to the UK Gayatri Issar Kumar retired from service on 30 June.

Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sibi George is likely to be appointed as the new envoy to Japan, which is considered to be another important post as cooperation between the two countries has gained more importance in the last few years. George had previously served as India’s ambassador to Switzerland.

Sanjay Verma, the incumbent in Japan, is being appointed as the High Commissioner to Canada. The post is lying vacant after Ajay Bisaria retired last month, sources said.

Nita Bhushan, who is currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Central Europe Division in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), will be New Zealand’s new envoy.

India’s current envoy to New Zealand, Muktesh Pardeshi, is set to return to the Ministry of External Affairs headquarters in New Delhi. It is learned that India’s Consul General in Chicago Amit Kumar is set to be appointed as the new Ambassador to South Korea.

Kumar will replace Sripriya Ranganathan in Seoul. India’s Deputy Chief of Mission in Nepal Namgyal Si Khampa is likely to be appointed as the new envoy to Kenya.

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