India,officially the Republic of India,has full diplomatic relations with 201 states,including Palestine,the Holy See,and Niue. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is the government agency responsible for the conduct of foreign relations of India. With the world's third largest military expenditure,second largest armed force,fifth largest economy by GDP nominal rates and third largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity,India is a prominent regional power and a rising superpower.
Bhutan has diplomatic relations with 54 of 193 member states of the United Nations and the European Union. Bhutan's limited number of such relations,including the absence of formal relations with any of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council,is part of a deliberate isolationist policy of limiting foreign influence in the state. This stance has been safeguarded by close relations with India,of which Bhutan has previously been considered a protected state.
Jyotindra Nath Dixit was an Indian diplomat,who served as Foreign Secretary (1991–1994),the top bureaucrat in the Ministry of External Affairs. At the time of his death,he was the National Security Adviser (India) to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and is mostly remembered for his role as a negotiator in disputes with Pakistan and China.
Shivshankar Menon is an Indian diplomat,who served as National Security Adviser of India under Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh. He had previously served as the Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. Prior to that he was Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan,and Sri Lanka and ambassador to China and Israel. He is currently Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress. He is also Visiting Professor of International Relations at Ashoka University.
Bernard Tilakaratna,SLOS (1927–2004) was a senior diplomat and bureaucrat of the Sri Lankan government. He was an ambassador to many countries and prior to retirement was the permanent secretary to Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ruchira Kamboj is a retired Indian Foreign Service officer of the 1987 batch,who last served as India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2022 to May 2024 until her retirement. She has previously served as High Commissioner of India to South Africa,first female Indian Ambassador to Bhutan and Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to UNESCO,Paris.
Nirupama Menon Rao is a retired civil servant of 1973 batch Indian Foreign Service cadre who served as India's Foreign Secretary from 2009 to 2011,as well as being India's Ambassador to the United States,China and Sri Lanka during her career.
India–North Korea relations,also called Indian-North Korean relations or Indo-North Korean relations,are the bilateral relations between India and North Korea. Both countries have growing trade and diplomatic relations. India maintains an embassy in Pyongyang,and North Korea has an embassy in New Delhi.
Dalip Mehta is a retired Indian diplomat. He was India's Ambassador to Bhutan and the Central Asian Republics of Uzbekistan,Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. He was also the Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Government of India and Dean of Foreign Service Institute,India from 1998 till 2002. Dalip Mehta is a Trustee of Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a Director of the India-Bhutan Foundation.
N. Ravi or Neelakantan Ravi is an Indian diplomat. He was an officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) from 1971 to 2009,and has served in various diplomatic and administrative positions in the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Finance under the Government of India. In 2009,he was appointed as an ambassador of Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Bhutan–Pakistan relations refer to foreign relations between Bhutan and Pakistan. Relations have been active at least since 2004. Both nations are members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the United Nations. Neither country has a resident ambassador.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is an Indian diplomat and politician,who is the thirtieth Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India since 31 May 2019. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has been a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha since 5 July 2019. He previously served as the Foreign Secretary from January 2015 to January 2018. He is the second diplomat to be appointed India's External Affairs minister,after Natwar Singh.
The Bhutan–Japan relations refers to the diplomatic relations between Bhutan and Japan. Diplomatic relations were established on March 28,1986.
Saurabh Kumar is an Indian diplomat currently serving as Ambassador of India to European Union. He was previously the Indian Ambassador of India to Myanmar and to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Vijay Keshav Gokhale IFS,born 24 January 1959,is a retired Indian diplomat and the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India. Gokhale previously served as the Ambassador of India to China.
Anil Wadha;born 26 May 1957 is an Indian civil servant who belongs to the Indian Foreign Service cadre. He has served as the Indian Ambassador to Italy,Poland,Oman and Thailand. He is currently a Senior Fellow &Cluster Leader at the Vivekananda International Foundation in New Delhi.
Luo Zhaohui is a Chinese diplomat who became the director of the China International Development Cooperation Agency on 18 April 2021. He previously served as Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan (2007-2010),Canada (2014-2016) and India (2016-2019).
