India's Ambassador to Spain is now Sanjay Verma

Senior diplomat Sanjay Verma has been appointed as India's Ambassador to Spain, Ministry of External Affairs said Thursday.

Verma, a 1990 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is presently Additional Secretary in the ministry.

He is expected to take up the assignment shortly, the MEA said.

Also, Arindam Bagchi, a 1995 batch IFS official, has been appointed as the next Indian Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia.

He is also expected to take up the assignment shortly.

(With inputs from agencies.)