Army chief MM Naravane to visit Nepal on Nov 4, with hopes of steadying ties
New Delhi: India’s Army Chief Gen MM Naravane is about to go to Nepal in an effort to reset relations after ties between the 2 nations got here beneath extreme pressure following a bitter border row. The three-day essential go to to Nepal commences on November Four until November 6.
“The Chief of Army Staff is scheduled to visit Nepal from November 4 to 6 with an aim to strengthen overall ties including in areas of defence and security,” a highly-placed authorities supply advised PTI.
This is a primary high-level go to from India to Kathmandu for the reason that ties between the 2 neighbouring nations got here beneath pressure since Nepal issued a brand new political map in May 2020 claiming a number of areas in Uttarakhand to be a part of its territory.
Gen Naravane will likely be conferred with the honorary rank of ‘General of the Nepal Army’ by Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari at an occasion in Kathmandu which is in continuation of a virtually 70-year-old custom. Similarly, India additionally confers the honorary rank of ‘General of Indian Army’ to the Nepal Army Chief.
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India’s choice to ship the Army Chief to Nepal to spice up its ties with the Himalayan nation is seen as half of a bigger train by New Delhi to rejuvenate relations with different bordering nations like Myanmar, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Afghanistan.
The Chief of Army Staff is prone to maintain intensive talks with high civilian and navy brass of Nepal on a spread of key points between the 2 nations.
Nepal is essential for India within the context of its general strategic pursuits within the area and share a virtually 1,800 km-long border.
Land-locked Nepal depends closely on India for the transportation of products and companies. Nepal’s entry to the ocean is thru India, and it imports a predominant proportion of its necessities from and thru India.
The ties between the 2 nations got here beneath pressure after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated an 80-km-long strategically essential highway connecting the Lipulekh move with Dharchula in Uttarakhand on May 8.
Nepal protested claiming that it handed via its territory. Later, Nepal got here out with the brand new map displaying Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura as its territories.
India reacted sharply to Nepal’s transfer calling it a “unilateral act” and cautioning Kathmandu that such “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims is not going to be acceptable to it.
In June, Nepal’s Parliament accredited the brand new political map of the nation that includes areas which India maintains belong to it.
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