(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Chief of army Staff Manoj Pande will be visiting Nepal in
August, officials from Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs have
confirmed, Trend reports citing Zee5.
As per the source, the 29th Army Chief of India will be
conferred with the honorary title of Nepali Army by Nepal President
Bidhya Devi Bhandari during the visit.
“Communication has been received from the Indian Army about the
visit of the Army Chief to Nepal in the month of August. We are
working on the dates and schedule of his visit. The visit will
entirely focus on honouring the Indian Army Chief with the honorary
title of Nepali Army, a tradition that has been continued for the
ages,” the source told ANI seeking anonymity.
In the wake of the preparations being made in Kathmandu about
the visit of Indian CoAS, Nepal's Ambassador to India, Dr Shankar
Prasad Sharma also held talks with the Indian Army Chief earlier on
Monday.
“Pleasure to call on Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande
@adgpi. We discussed various aspects of bilateral defence
cooperation and thanked the Indian Army for their continued support
to Nepal. @EONIndia #NepalIndiaFriendship,” Nepal's ambassador to
India tweeted on Monday after the meeting.
The Additional Directorate General of Public Information, IHQ of
MoD (Army) also tweeted on the same day, highlighting the issues
that were discussed at the time of the meeting.
“Dr Shankar Prasad Sharma, Ambassador of #Nepal to #India called
on General Manoj Pande #COAS and discussed aspects of Bilateral
Defence Cooperation.”
Conferring the highest rank to the chiefs of each other's
militaries is a tradition that has been followed by Nepal and India
since 1950 after then Indian Army Chief General KM Cariappa visited
Nepal.
Earlier, Nepal's Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) Prabhu Ram Sharma
came to India from November 9 to 12, last year, at the invitation
of his Indian counterpart. General Sharma also was conferred with
the honorary title of Chief of the Indian Army.
During his visit, Sharma also met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
“Pleased to receive General Prabhu Ram Sharma, Chief of Army Staff,
Nepali Army. His visit underlines the closeness of our
relationship,” the EAM tweeted.
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