Senior diplomat Sanjay Verma has been appointed as India’s Ambassador to Spain, Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
Verma, a 1990 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is presently Additional Secretary in the ministry.
He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said.
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Also, Arindam Bagchi, a 1995 batch IFS official, has been appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia.
He is also expected to take up the assignment shortly.