High commissioners represent India's
diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...
s in member states of the
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the ...
and ambassadors represent diplomatic missions in other states. The head of a diplomatic mission to an international organization is called a
permanent representative
A permanent representative is a diplomat who is the head of a country’s diplomatic mission to an international organisation.
Organizations that receive permanent representatives from their member states include the United Nations, the World Tr ...
.
Current ambassadors and high commissioners
Ambassadors and High Commissioners
Honorary Consuls
Permanent representatives to international organizations
* – Since March 2005, Indian Ambassador appointed to Ethiopia, with office in Addis Ababa, is also concurrently accredited as the Permanent Representative of India to African Union.
* – Indian Ambassador appointed to Kingdom of Belgium, with office in Brussels, is also concurrently accredited as the Permanent Representative of India to European Union.
Notes
References
External links
List of Indian diplomatic missions - Ministry of External AffairsList of Indian Ambassadors to Foreign Countries
{{Ambassadors of India
High Commissioners of India
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...