Pradeep Kumar Rawat appointed as India’s new envoy to China

Senior diplomat Pradeep Kumar Rawat was appointed as India’s next Ambassador to China. Rawat’s appointment comes amid the lingering border stand-off in eastern Ladakh. Rawat is currently the country’s envoy to the Netherlands.

The career of Pradeep Kumar Rawat:

• An Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 1990 batch, Mr Rawat is currently serving as Indian envoy to the Netherlands. He was joint secretary (East Asia) in the MEA when the Doklam border stand-off took place in 2017. He was involved in the negotiations during the early days before he moved to Indonesia as ambassador.
• Rawat served as India’s envoy to Indonesia and Timor-Leste from September 2017 to December 2020. He had earlier served in Hong Kong and Beijing and speaks fluent Mandarin.