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New Indian envoy arrives after over a month of his appointment
Delhi named Naveen Srivastava as its new ambassador in Kathmandu on May 17 to succeed Vinay Mohan Kwatra.Post Report
India’s new Ambassador Naveen Srivastava has arrived in Kathmandu to take up his assignment, more than a month after Delhi named him its diplomat.
The Indian embassy posted a picture on Twitter welcoming the new envoy.
India appointed Srivastava as its new ambassador to Nepal on May 17. He succeeds Vinay Kumar Kwatra, who completed his Nepal assignment in April after he was appointed Indian foreign secretary on May 1.
Srivastava was heading the East Asia Division that deals with China, Japan, Korea and Mongolia before his appointment as ambassador to Nepal.
He also headed the Indian delegation in several rounds of diplomatic talks with China on the eastern Ladakh border row.
Srivastava, a 1994 batch of Indian Foreign Service has served previously as ambassador of India in Cambodia from 2015-17. He has also served in Washington, Beijing, Shanghai and Hongkong in various capacities.
Sources said Srivastava will present his letter of credence to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari in the coming week.