Chief of Army Staff Manoj Pande will probably be visiting Nepal in
August, officers from Nepal’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have
confirmed, Trend
reviews citing Zee5.
As per the supply, the twenty ninth Army Chief of India will probably be
conferred with the honorary title of Nepali Army by Nepal President
Bidhya Devi Bhandari in the course of the go to.
“Communication has been obtained from the Indian Army in regards to the
go to of the Army Chief to Nepal within the month of August. We are
engaged on the dates and schedule of his go to. The go to will
totally concentrate on honouring the Indian Army Chief with the honorary
title of Nepali Army, a practice that has been continued for the
ages,” the supply informed ANI searching for anonymity.
In the wake of the preparations being made in Kathmandu about
the go to of Indian CoAS, Nepal’s Ambassador to India, Dr Shankar
Prasad Sharma additionally held talks with the Indian Army Chief earlier on
Monday.
“Pleasure to name on Chief of Army Staff, General Manoj Pande
@adgpi. We mentioned numerous facets of bilateral defence
cooperation and thanked the Indian Army for his or her continued assist
to Nepal. @EONIndia #NepalIndiaFriendship,” Nepal’s ambassador to
India tweeted on Monday after the assembly.
The Additional Directorate General of Public Information, IHQ of
MoD (Army) additionally tweeted on the identical day, highlighting the problems
that had been mentioned on the time of the assembly.
“Dr Shankar Prasad Sharma, Ambassador of #Nepal to #India known as
on General Manoj Pande #COAS and mentioned facets of Bilateral
Defence Cooperation.”
Conferring the very best rank to the chiefs of one another’s
militaries is a practice that has been adopted 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
got here to India from November 9 to 12, final 12 months, on the invitation
of his Indian counterpart. General Sharma additionally was conferred with
the honorary title of Chief of the Indian Army.
During his go to, Sharma additionally met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
“Pleased to obtain General Prabhu Ram Sharma, Chief of Army Staff,
Nepali Army. His go to underlines the closeness of our
relationship,” the EAM tweeted.
