India: Next ambassador to China is Gautam Bambawale
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Oct 13, 2017, 01:41 AM
Gautam Bambawale diplomat, India's High Commissioner to Pakistan has been appointed as new India's ambassador to China. This announcement was made on Thursday by the EAM.
A 1984 India Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Bambawale is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the ministry said. He will replace Vijay Gokhale.
He served in Hong Kong and Beijing between 1985 and 1991.
He was first the desk officer for China in the Ministry of External Affairs and served as director in the Americas Division of the ministry, responsible for relations with the US and Canada (1993-94).