New Delhi, Dec 15: Akhilesh Mishra has been appointed as new High Commissioner of India to Maldives today.
“Akhilesh Mishra, Consul General of lndia, Toronto, has been appointed as the next high commissioner of India to the Republic of Maldives,” an external affairs ministry statement said.
An officer of 1989 IFS-batch, Mishra will succeed Rajeev Shahare, who has been appointed as the Indian Ambassador to Denmark.
Prior to his posting in Toronto in 2013, Mishra served as joint secretary in the external affairs ministry heading the northern division dealing with India’s relations with Nepal and Bhutan, and joint secretary in charge of multilateral economic relations division.
In October, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj visited Maldives to attend the fifth meeting of the India-Maldives Joint Commission.
In November, Maldives Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon met Sushma Swaraj in New Delhi.
