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Nepal Army expresses grief over Rawat’s demise



KATHMANDU: The Nepal Army has expressed grief over the demise of Indian Chief of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat.

In a statement issued on Thursday, the Nepal Army expressed its condolences over the death of Rawat, also Nepal’s Honorary Chief of the Army Staff, and his wife and 11 others in a helicopter crash.

At the time of the tragedy, the Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army, Chief of the Army Staff Prabhuram Sharma, on behalf of his personal and overall rank of the Nepal Army, expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Indian Army and General Rawat’s family by phone and a letter last evening.

Stating that he was shocked by the tragic incident and the irreparable loss to the Indian Army as well as the loss of a true friend to the Nepal Army, Sharma expressed his condolences to the bereaved families of the Indian Army and wished lasting peace to the departed souls.

Publish Date : 09 December 2021 12:31 PM

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