Nepal-China joint military exercise in Kathmandu

Setopati

2019-08-30 14:56:42

The Nepal Army and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China have started a joint military exercise in Kathmandu. The two-week exercise named Sagarmatha Friendship Joint Training started on Wednesday. A PLA team of 22 led by a colonel is in Nepal for the exercise and a 22-strong Nepali team also led by a colonel is participating in the joint exercise, according to NA Spokesperson Brigadier General Bigyan Dev Pandey. The exercise will focus on counter-terrorism and disaster management, according to Pandey. It is being conducted at No 10 Brigade of NA at Maharajgunj now and will also be conducted for a few days at Nagarkot. The first joint military exercise of Nepal and China was held in April 2017. A 16-strong team led by an NA colonel had also taken part in a joint exercise held in Chengdu of China last year. Nepal has also been conducting joint military exercise named Suryakiran (sunlight) with India.

Published Date: 2019-08-30 14:56:42

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