India, March 19 -- India on Thursday named veteran diplomat Vikram Doraiswami, currently the high commissioner to the United Kingdom, as its next ambassador to China at a time when the two countries are engaged in the process of rebuilding their relationship after a prolonged military face-off on the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Doraiswami is perceived as one of the ablest senior diplomats who has served as the envoy to Uzbekistan, South Korea and Bangladesh before he was sent to London in September 2022.

He is expected to take up his new assignment shortly, the external affairs ministry said in a brief statement announcing his appointment as the high commissioner to Britain.

In Beijing, Doraiswami will replace Pradeep Rawat, who has ...