KATHMANDU: Indian Army Chief General Manoj Pande called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba at the latter’s office in Singha Durbar, Kathmandu, on Tuesday.
In the meeting, Prime Minister Deuba said that Nepal and India have a military relationship unlike any other in the world.
Referring to the tradition of honoring the rank of General in each other’s country, Deuba said that there is a different relationship between the armies of Nepal and India.
He also congratulated General Pandey on receiving the honor of Honorary General of the Nepali Army.
Earlier, the Indian Army Chief made an onsite visit of Nepal Army Command and Staff College in Shivapuri.
In course of the visit, Indian Army Chief Pande attended the interaction organized there.
The Indian Army Chief would pay homage at Pashupatinath Temple this evening, according to the NA Directorate of Public Relations and Information.
Likewise, he is scheduled to visit Muktinath and carry out onsite visit of the Nepali Army’s Mid-Command Headquarters, Pokhara, on Wednesday morning as well as visit Kathmandu Durbar Square, Basantapur, in the afternoon the same day.
General Pande will return home on Thursday after visiting Indian Embassy, Kathmandu. He has arrived on a five-day visit to Nepal on Sunday at the invitation Chief of Army Staff, Prabhu Ram Sharma.
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