President accepts credentials from new Ambassadors, High Commissioners

New Delhi, May 31: President of India, Droupadi Murmu, accepted credentials from the Ambassadors and High Commissioners of seven nations at a formal ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The diplomats who presented their credentials were:

Fernando Xavier Bucheli Vargas, Ambassador of the Republic of Ecuador

Lindy Elizabeth Cameron, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom

Meshal Mustafa J Alshemali, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait

Patrick John Rata, High Commissioner of New Zealand

Alassane Conte, Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea

Jagnnath Sami, High Commissioner of the Republic of Fiji

Xu Feihong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China

In addition to this event, there have been several significant transfers and new appointments within the Indian Foreign Service since last week The following changes have been announced:

Ravi Shankar (IFS: 1995), currently serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Ukraine.

Harsh Kumar Jain (IFS: 1993), presently the Ambassador of India to Ukraine, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of the Philippines.

Manish Chauhan (IFS: 1994), currently the Ambassador of India to Portugal, will take up the role of Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Vijay Khanduja (YOA: 2004), presently the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Zimbabwe, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Cameroon.

Bramha Kumar (IFS: 2005), who is currently serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, will be the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Zimbabwe.

India’s ongoing efforts to strengthen diplomatic relations with nearly all global countries and expand its reach presence across the 193 countries of the globe.