Kathmandu: Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi has now also become the General of Nepal. Don’t be surprised, because the Nepali Army has awarded Indian Army Chief Upendra Dwivedi the “honorary title of General”. In fact, General Upendra Dwivedi is currently visiting Nepal. On Friday, he met Prime Minister of Nepal K.P. at the Prime Minister’s Office located in the Singh Darbar. Sharma had a courtesy call on Oli. According to a Nepal Army statement, General Dwivedi also paid a courtesy call on Defense Minister Manveer Rai at the Defense Ministry on Friday.
According to Nepal’s Prime Minister’s Secretariat, Oli on the occasion expressed 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 emphasized the need to further expand cooperation and relations between the two countries. General Dwivedi said that he felt proud and fortunate to be an honorary general of the Nepal Army and expressed confidence that he would make all possible efforts to further expand bilateral relations.
Honored with the title of President General of Nepal
The Indian Army Chief was conferred the honorary rank of General of the Nepal Army by President Ramchandra Paudel at Rashtrapati Bhavan Sheetal Niwas on Thursday. General Dwivedi, who is leading a five-member delegation, arrived in Nepal on a five-day official visit on Wednesday at the invitation of his Nepali counterpart Sigdel. On Thursday, General Dwivedi met his Nepali counterpart General Ashok Kumar Sigdel and discussed issues of mutual interest. (language)
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