KATHMANDU, Aug 18: Prime Minister and Defence Minister Balendra Shah held a courtesy meeting with Indian Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth, who is on a four-day visit to Nepal.
The meeting took place at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar on Tuesday. Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava was also present.
Indian Army Chief Dhiraj Seth arrives in Kathmandu
General Seth arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday at the official invitation of Chief of the Army Staff General Ashok Raj Sigdel.
On Monday, President Ram Chandra Paudel conferred on General Seth the honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army during a ceremony at Sheetal Niwas.
Nepal and India have maintained a longstanding tradition since 1950 of conferring the honorary rank of General on each other’s army chiefs.
General Seth had also held bilateral talks with General Sigdel at Army Headquarters on Monday, discussing matters of mutual interest.
