Nepal and India have long-standing special relationship, says Nepal Prime Minister Oli as he meets army chief

Nepal and India have a long-standing and particular relationship, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has mentioned to Indian military chief Manoj Mukund Narwane because the duo had a courtesy assembly on Friday. The current points between the 2 nations will probably be resolved via dialogue, Nepal Prime Minister expressed hope.

“The prime minister said that there was a tradition of conferring the status of honorary Maharathi on the army chiefs of the two countries. During the meeting, the PM expressed confidence that the issues between the two countries would be resolved through dialogue,” Rajan Bhattarai, international coverage advisor to KP Sharma Oli tweeted.

Gen Naravane who’s on a three-day go to to Kathmandu was conferred the honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army by Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Thursday. He was honoured at a ceremony on the President’s official residence Shital Niwas in Kathmandu. General Naravane was additionally introduced with a sword and scroll through the operate.

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On Friday, the assembly between Naravane and Oli, who can also be the defence minister of Nepal, occurred at his official residence in Baluwatar, the Nepal Army sources mentioned.

 

The go to is aimed toward resetting the bilateral ties that got here below extreme pressure following a bitter border row early this yr. In May, Nepal got here up with a brand new political map claiming a number of areas in Uttarakhand to be a part of its territory. Nepal had protested after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated an 80-km-long strategically essential highway connecting the Lipulekh cross with Dharchula in Uttarakhand on May 8.

After Nepal launched the map, India reacted sharply, calling it a “unilateral act” and cautioning Kathmandu that such “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims won’t be acceptable to it.

(With Agency Inputs)