New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Nagma Mohamed Mallick, from the IFS batch of 1991, presently Ambassador of India to Japan, has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Marshall Islands, with residence in Tokyo.

She is expected to take up the assignment shortly.

India was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) in April 1995.

India and RMI share warm bilateral relations encompassing a wide range of areas including blue economy, climate change, disaster preparedness, health, education, and renewable energy.

RMI had criticized India's nuclear tests in 1998, but this was largely driven by their own unpleasant memory of Bikini Atoll where the US co...