Pradeep Kumar Rawat Assumes Charge as Indian Ambassador to China

India's new ambassador to China Pradeep Kumar Rawat assumed charge on Monday.

Pradeep Rawat was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to China on December last year. Rawat succeeds Ambassador Vikram Misri, who was appointed as the Deputy National Security Advisor.

Rawat arrived in China on March 4 and underwent mandatory quarantine as per China's Covid-19 protocols.

Taking to twitter, the Indian Embassy in China said, "HE Shri. Pradeep Kumar Rawat, Ambassador of India to the People's Republic of China assumed charge @EOIBeijing today.”

An Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of the 1990 batch, Rawat was previously India's ambassador to the Netherlands.

Rawat's appointment comes in the midst of the lingering eastern Ladakh border standoff.

He has earlier served in Hong Kong and Beijing. Rawat served as the ambassador of India to Indonesia and Timor-Leste from September 2017-December 2020.

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