Chinese President Xi Jinping appoints senior diplomat Xu Feihong as new envoy to India
The Hindu
Chinese President Xi Jinping appoints Xu Feihong as new Ambassador to India amid frozen relations over Ladakh standoff.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed senior diplomat Xu Feihong as the new Ambassador to India after an unusually long delay of 18 months amid frozen relations between the two countries over the eastern Ladakh military standoff.
While there is no official announcement in Beijing yet, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed to PTI that Mr. Xu, former Ambassador to Afghanistan and Romania, has been appointed as China’s new envoy in India.
Mr. Xu, 60, is expected to travel to New Delhi soon to take over his new posting.
He will succeed veteran Chinese diplomat Sun Weidong who completed his tenure in India in October 2022.
Mr. Sun, who was China's envoy to Pakistan before his India stint, is currently the Vice Foreign Minister overseeing China's South Asia policy.
Mr. Xu’s appointment which coincides with the ongoing Lok Sabha elections comes amid protracted military and diplomatic negotiations between Beijing and New Delhi to resolve the prolonged military standoff.
Relations between the two countries were frozen except for trade ever since the eastern Ladakh border standoff erupted on May 5, 2020, following a violent clash in the Pangong Tso (lake) area. The eastern Ladakh standoff has resulted in a freeze of bilateral ties.
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