Army chief returns

KATHMANDU, Dec 19: Chief of Army Staff Chhatra Man Singh Gurung returned home on Saturday after an eight-day official visit to India. He visited India at the invitation of his Indian counterpart General Deepak Kapoor. Indian President Pratibha Patil had conferred on Gurung a title of honorary general of the Indian Army on Dec 14.



According to a statement by the Nepal Army, Gurung held meetings with Indian Defense Minister A K Antony, Foreign Minister S M Krishna, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, Defense Secretary Pradeep Kumar, National Security Advisor M K Narayanan, Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma and Air Chief Marshal PB Naike, among others.

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