Kathmandu: In a bid to improve the strained bilateral ties between the two countries, visiting Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Thursday met with his Nepali counterpart General Purna Chandra Thapa in Kathmandu.
During their meeting, the two army chiefs discussed ways to enhance bilateral defence cooperation. The meeting between Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane and his Nepali counterpart General Purna Chandra Thapa aims at repairing the ties which were strained due to a row over Nepal’s new political ma that showed parts of India as its own territory.
The meeting between the two army chiefs is also likely to rattle China which has been a considerable influence in Nepal politics and at loggerheads with India ever since the border standoff in eastern Ladakh. Read more…