Kathmandu, Nepal, November 5, 2020: Visiting Indian Army Chief, General MM Naravane has been conferred with the honorary rank of General of the Nepal Army.
Indian Army Chief, General Naravane was conferred amid a special ceremony organized at the Sheetal Niwas, the office of the president, in Kathmandu on Thursday.
President Bidhya Devi Bhandari conferred the highest rank of Nepal Army on Naravane as per the decade long established tradition of exchanging honorary rank of General between the two neighboring countries.
Earlier, in January last year, Chief of Army Staff of Nepali Army General Purna Chandra Thapa was also conferred with the honorary rank of General of the Indian Army by the Indian President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi.
During the special ceremony organized at the Sitalniwas, various dignitaries including Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Vinay M Kwatra and many others attended.
