- Shyam Saran
Shyam Saran (born
September 4 ,1946 ) was a Foreign Secretary in theGovernment of India .He is a 1970 batch
Indian Foreign Service officer. Before this, he has served asIndian Ambassador to Nepal ,Indian Ambassador to Indonesia andIndian Ambassador to Myanmar ,High Commissioner toMauritius ,Joint Secretary in thePrime Minister's Office , Deputy Chief of Mission inTokyo and Counsellor in the Indian Embassy inBeijing .Tenure as foreign secretary
China
As foreign secretary, he visited
China in March 2005 for the 15th meeting of the India-China Joint Working Group on the boundary issue.tance on nuclear weapons
In April 2006, he said that India has no obligation to define its minimum credible nuclear-deterrent after U.S. assistant secretary of state
Richard Boucher suggested that India "further define" its minimum deterrent. During his tenure Mr. Saran helped negotiate theIndia-United States nuclear deal .Retirement
Even though the
Prime Minister's Office was willing to extended his tenure as foreign secretary when he was set to retire in September 2006, Mr. Saran did retire. Currently he is an advisor to the Prime Minister specializing in nuclear issues.References
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/06/11/stories/2004061105460100.htm "Shyam Saran is new Foreign Secretary"] - article in
The Hindu dated June 10, 2004
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/03/29/stories/2005032908981200.htm "Shyam Saran to visit China"] - article in the Hindu dated March 29, 2005External links
* [http://meaindia.nic.in/onmouse/fs1.htm Profile] on website of Ministry of External Affairs of India
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