Foreign Secretary (FS) Vikram Misri represented India on Thursday at a key meeting hosted by the United Kingdom (UK) on Strait of Hormuz and the situation in West Asia and underlined that the way out of the crisis consisted of de-escalation and a return to the path of diplomacy and dialogue among all parties concerned.
India will put forward the country's position at a board meeting of the International Monetary Fund in Washington on Friday, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in response to a query on New Delhi asking for a review of loans to Pakistan.
He said the intent behind the strike on terrorist hideouts in Pakistan in the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday is to ensure the return of normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir post the terror strike.
India has registered its ''concern'' with the United States over the manner in which 104 Illegal Indian immigrants were transported to Amritsar in a military aircraft, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Friday.
A meeting of the committee, which is headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was held at Parliament House Annexe.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) approved his appointment which will take effect from July 15. He will succeed Vinay Kwatra.
Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said in a statement that the acts of violence towards staff at the Indian High Commission in London are unacceptable.
On his visit to Dhaka, Vinay Kwatra held wide-ranging discussions with his Bangladesh counterpart, Masud bin Momen, covering all aspects of the relationship.
Indian Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra on Saturday said the Quad Summit 2022 in Tokyo will primarily focus on the issues of the Indo-Pacific region.
Ambassador in Kathmandu since January 20200, he will replace incumbent Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, a 1984-batch IFS officer.
