India’s Dhaka envoy Pranay Verma headed to Belgium

Seasoned diplomat Pranay Verma, who is currently serving as India’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, was on Friday appointed as New Delhi’s next ambassador to Belgium and the European Union (EU). His appointment to Brussels came weeks after India and the EU finalised an ambitious free trade agreement following summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of the influential bloc. Verma, a 1994-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, had assumed charge as the high commissioner to Dhaka on September 21, 2022. “He is expected to take up the assignment shortly,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a brief statement.