India, July 1 -- Jayant Khobragade, currently India's ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), was on Tuesday appointed as the next envoy to Spain.

Khobragade, a 1995-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the external affairs ministry said in an announcement.

HT had reported on June 19 that Khobragade was set to be named as the ambassador to Spain following a decision to appoint Dinesh K Patnaik, currently the envoy in Madrid, as the new high commissioner to Canada.

Though Khobragade was officially named as India's envoy to Poland in January, the posting did not go ahead because of various reasons, people familiar with the matter said.

Khobragade has ...