The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the appointment of Vijay Keshav Gokhale, to the post of foreign secretary.
Gokhale, a 1981-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), had played a key role in India-China negotiations last year to resolve the 73-day standoff between Indian Army and Chinese People's Liberation Army at Doklam Plateau.
Doklam Plateau is a tri-junction between Sino-India and Bhutanese border near Sikkim.