Foreign Secretary briefs Parliamentary panel on India-Canada ties
A meeting of the committee, which is headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was held at Parliament House Annexe.
A meeting of the committee, which is headed by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was held at Parliament House Annexe.
At a media briefing, Mr Misri said the time and venue of the meeting are being worked out by the two sides.
Calling the appointment of an IAS officer as 'Foreign Secretary' in Kerala by CM Pinarayi Vijayan a blatant overreach and violation of the Constitution, BJP Kerala president K Surendran on Saturday said this unconstitutional move sets a dangerous precedent.
Former Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra was on Friday named as India's next Ambassador to the United States.
Seasoned diplomat Vikram Misri on Monday assumed charge as India's Foreign Secretary, succeeding Mr Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
Ambassador in Kathmandu since January 20200, he will replace incumbent Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, a 1984-batch IFS officer.
Shringla observed that the tourism industry was one of the most adversely affected sectors of the economy due to the pandemic.
Noting that vaccines have complex supply chains, he said India has worked to ease regulatory disruptions to these supply chains with key partners through diplomatic interventions.
The heads of missions were provided with a comprehensive "information docket" giving the details of the incident, and also the list of items and munition recovered from terrorists, clearly indicating their Pakistani origins.
Shringla spoke at the Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) underlined 'respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty', and 'peaceful resolution of disputes'.
