President Ram Chandra Paudel has conferred Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi with the honorary rank of general of the Nepal Army.
During a ceremony held at the Sheetal Niwas, the President’s Office, on Thursday afternoon, President Paudel presented Dwivedi with the honorary general’s insignia and a sword.
Vice-president Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Defense Minister Manbir Rai and others attended the ceremony.
Nepal and India have a long tradition of conferring each other’s army chief with the honorary rank of general.
Indian Army chief Dwivedi arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday for a five-day Nepal visit at the invitation of Chief of the Army Staff General Ashok Raj Sigdel.