Shyam Saran
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Shyam Saran (born September 4, 1946) is a foreign secretary in the Government of India since August, 2004.
He is a 1970 batch Indian Foreign Service officer. Before this, he has served as India's Ambassador to Nepal, India's Ambassador to Indonesia and India's Ambassador to Myanmar, High Commissioner to Mauritius, Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, Deputy Chief of Mission in Tokyo and Counsellor in the Indian Embassy in Beijing.
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[edit] Tenure as foreign secretary
[edit] China
As foreign secretary, he visited China in March 2005 for the 15th meeting of the India-China Joint Working Group on the boundary issue.
[edit] Tough stand on nuclear issue
In April 2006, he said that India has no obligation to define its minimum credible nuclear-deterrent after U.S. assistant secretary of state Richard Boucher suggested that India "further define" its minimum deterrent.
[edit] Retirement
Even though he was set to retire in September 2006, Prime Minister's Office extended his tenure as foreign secretary.
[edit] References
- "Shyam Saran is new Foreign Secretary" - article in The Hindu dated June 10, 2004
- "Shyam Saran to visit China" - article in the Hindu dated March 29, 2005
[edit] External links
- Profile on website of Ministry of External Affairs of India
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