KATHMANDU: Chief of General Staff of the United Kingdom, Mark Carleton Smith paid a courtesy call on President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday. Chief of General Staff Smith is here in the town on a four-day visit.

Similarly, Smith also met with Chief of Army Staff Purna Chandra Thapa, according to Directorate of Public Relations and Information of the Nepal Army. A contingent of Nepal Army had offered a guard of honor at the Army Headquarters in honor of Smith.

He will visit Nepal Army’s Birendra Peace Operations Training Center at Panchkhal and Pokhara during his stay in Nepal.