New Delhi, India — IFS Binoy George, currently serving as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), has been appointed as India’s next Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Wednesday.
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“Dr. Binoy George (IFS: 2006), presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay. He is expected to take up the assignment shortly.”
A senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, Dr. George is expected to assume his diplomatic assignment in Montevideo in the coming weeks. His appointment comes as India continues to strengthen its engagement with Latin America and deepen strategic, economic, and diplomatic ties with Uruguay.
Welcoming the appointment and India’s expanding diplomatic presence, Alberto Antonio Guani Amarilla, Ambassador of Uruguay to India, praised New Delhi’s decision to open an Indian Embassy in Uruguay next month, describing it as a significant milestone in bilateral relations.
“We are now very much expecting the fact that India is going to open an embassy in Uruguay next month. We hope that Minister Jaishankar will be able to be the chief guest there,” Ambassador Amarilla said.
He also called for greater high-level political engagement between the two countries, expressing Uruguay’s desire to host Prime Minister Narendra Modi and welcoming a future visit by the President of Uruguay to India.
Highlighting the growing importance of India-Latin America relations, Ambassador Amarilla said Latin America expects to remain a strong partner as India progresses toward becoming a developed economy. He emphasized the vast potential to expand cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy, technology, and other productive sectors.
The ambassador stressed that India and Uruguay should continue identifying new areas of complementarity and collaboration to create mutually beneficial opportunities and further strengthen bilateral engagement.
Dr. George’s appointment coincides with a period of growing momentum in India-Uruguay relations, marked by the planned inauguration of India’s new embassy in Montevideo and increasing diplomatic and economic cooperation between the two nations.
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