Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta 1947 an nada shi Sakataren Commonwealth a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje, Daga 1952-54, shi ne jakadan Indiya na farko a Jamus ta Yamma. Ya dawo a matsayin Sakataren Commonwealth a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje (1954 <unk> 55) kuma daga 12 ga Oktoba 1955 zuwa 11 ga Afrilu 1961 shi ne Sakataren Harkokin Wajen Indiya mafi dadewa. A matsayin Sakataren Commonwealth, tare da VK Krishna Menon, Dutt shi ne wakilin Indiya a Kwamitin Siyasa a taron Bandung. A matsayinsa na Sakataren Harkokin Waje a cikin shekarun da suka gabata zuwa Yakin Sin da Indiya na 1962, Dutt ya kasance yana da hannu sosai wajen tsara manufofin game da Tibet da China. Ya kuma shiga cikin tsara martanin Indiya ga Suez
da rikicin Hungary wanda ya faru yayin da yake Sakataren Harkokin Waje.