Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat, who is on a three-day visit to the Himalayan nation, on Tuesday prayed at the Bindhyabasini temple in Pokhara and attended the Mahashivratri and the Army Day celebrations in Kathmandu.<\/p>\n
General Rawat also met his Nepalese counterpart General Rajendra Chhetri at the Nepal Army pavilion at Tundikhel. He arrived Kathmandu on Tuesday on the invitation of his Nepalese counterpart to attend the Army Day Parade and function, which coincides with the 250th anniversary of the Himalayan nation\u2019s unification.<\/p>\n
The Indian Army chief has been invited to Nepal Army Day function this year as a special guest as he is also the honorary chief of the Nepal Army. He was conferred with the honorary rank of general of the Nepal Army by President Bidhya Devi Bhandari at a special programme at her official residence in March last year.<\/p>\n
Earlier, General Rawat visited the Bindhyabasini temple in Pokhara, a famous tourist spot of Western Nepal, where he and other Nepal Army officers were welcomed by the temple development committee. Army chief will also call on Nepal\u2019s President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Defence Minister Bhimsen Das Pradhan and other top leaders, before wrapping up his three-day visit, they said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere has been close and cordial relations between Nepal Army and Indian Army since a long time and there is a tradition of inviting inviting chiefs of Nepalese and Indian Army during special occasions,\u201d according to a Nepal Army statement. High-level visits between the two armies will further strengthen bilateral relations and promote mutual interests, the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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