Subhash Prasad Gupta appointed as India’s next ambassador to Suriname | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Subhash Prasad Guptawho is currently serving as Deputy Chief of Mission of India in Hanoihas been appointed India’s next ambassador Unpleasant Surinamethe Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ALONG) in a statement.
Subhash Pradesh Gupta is the foreign service officer of the 2006 batch. According to MEA, he is expected to take up the assignment shortly.
In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs said: “Shri Subhash Prasad Gupta (IFS:2006), presently Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of India in Hanoi, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Suriname.”
“He is expected to start work on the assignment soon,” the magazine said.
According to the MEA, India and Suriname enjoy particularly close, warm and friendly relations, which are strengthened by cultural and people-to-people contacts that were established a century and a half ago with the arrival of the Indian diaspora.
The Diplomatic ties between the two nations were established in 1976 with the Indian
The embassy was opened in Paramaribo in 1977 and the Surinamese embassy was opened in New Delhi in 2000. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Suriname, several high-level visits have been made.
President Droupadi Murmu made her first foreign visit to Suriname in 2023, at the invitation of President Santokhi, MEA said. The visit marked an important milestone in bilateral relations between the two countries.
Earlier in February, a delegation from Suriname visited Ayodhya, the holy city known for its cultural and religious heritage.
The delegation, led by the Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname, Marinus Bee, arrived in Ayodhya and engaged in spiritual and cultural activities. The delegation prayed to the Ram Lalla idol in the Ram Temple. The delegation also took a boat trip on the Sarayu River to explore the temples of Ayodhya.