Indian High Commissioner to UK Doraiswami is new ambassador to China

His present appointment to Beijing comes at a time when India and China are repairing their relationship after the border standoff that began in May 2020, and when deployment of troops at the Line of Actual Control remains. The two sides have been engaged in a rapprochement since October 2024, after they agreed on a border pact and followed by a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Doraiswami is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, while announcing the appointment. Doraiswami has served as India’s High Commissioner to…