Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Bangladesh's new High Commissioner to India, Asad Alam Siam, will take charge in New Delhi this November, a senior official of the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

"Mr Asad Alam Siam will assume his duties as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Delhi in November", a Bangladesh Foreign Ministry official told ANI, without elaborating.

Siam will succeed Riaz Hamidullah, who has taken up his post in Geneva. Siam, a career diplomat from Bangladesh's foreign service, is currently serving as the country's Foreign Secretary.

He has served in key diplomatic roles, including as Bangladesh's Ambassador to the United States and as Chief of Protocol for the Government of Bangladesh.

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