New Delhi, May 15 -- Anurag Bhushan, presently serving as Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed India's next Ambassador to Sweden, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said.

Bhushan is an Indian Foreign Service Officer of the 1995 batch. According to the MEA statement, he is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

In a statement, MEA said, "Shri Anurag Bhushan (IFS: 1995), presently Additional Secretary in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Sweden.

"He is expected to take up the assignment shortly," it added.

India and Sweden have longstanding close relations based on common values, strong business, investment, and R&D linkages, and similar approaches to meeting ...