Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi meets Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli from Kathmandu.
Kathmandu: Indian Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi has now also become General of Nepal. Don’t be surprised because the Nepalese Army has awarded the ‘honorary title of General’ to Indian Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi. In fact, General Upendra Dwivedi is currently on tour in Nepal. He paid a courtesy call to Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at the Prime Minister’s Office located in Singh Darbar on Friday. According to a Nepal Army statement, General Dwivedi also paid a courtesy call on Defense Minister Manvir Rai at the Defense Ministry on Friday.
According to the Nepal Prime Minister’s Secretariat, on this occasion, Oli expressed his happiness over the continuation of the tradition between Nepal and India of conferring the honorary rank of Army General on each other’s army chiefs. Oli also highlighted the need to further expand cooperation and relations between the two countries. General Dwivedi said he felt proud and fortunate to become Honorary General of Nepal Army and expressed confidence that he would make all-out efforts to further expand bilateral relations.
President of Nepal honored with the title of General
President Ramchandra Paudel conferred the honorary rank of General of the Nepal Army on the Indian Army chief on Thursday at Rashtrapati Bhavan Sheetal Niwas. General Dwivedi, leading a five-member delegation, arrived in Nepal on Wednesday on a five-day official visit at the invitation of his Nepalese counterpart Sigdel. On Thursday, General Dwivedi met his Nepalese counterpart General Ashok Kumar Sigdel and discussed matters of mutual interest. (Language)
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