Russia expert, Ajay Bisaria, to be India's new High Commissioner in Islamabad

The 1987 batch IFS officer was also private secretary to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Ajay Bisaria will be India’s new High Commissioner in Islamabad, the Ministry of External Affairs announced Wednesday.

Bisaria is considered the foremost expert in the Ministry of External Affairs on Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In Islamabad, Bisaria succeeds Gautam Bambawale, also known as the Indian Foreign Services (IFS)’s China expert who had spent a little less than two years in Islamabad before being posted to Beijing last month.

The appointments of Bisaria and Bambawale to Islamabad and Beijing, respectively, come at a crucial time in India’s bilateral relations with its two neighbours. Bisaria will be heading to Islamabad