New Delhi, March 19 -- India today named senior diplomat Vikram Doraiswami as its next envoy to China, in a strategic move at a time when both nations are keen to advance their bilateral ties, amid the global geopolitical churn.
Currently India's High Commissioner to the UK, Doraiswami is expected to take up his assignment in Beijing shortly, a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs said.
A 1992 batch Indian Foreign Services officer, Doraiswami has previously served as Indian High Commissioner in Bangladesh, and India's ambassador to Uzbekistan and South Korea.
Doraiswami, who took charge as Indian High Commissioner in London on September 23, 2022, knows Chinese, and has previously served in the Indian Embassy in Beijing, from S...