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Kathmandu, Aug 18

Prime Minister Balendra (Balen) Shah held a meeting with Indian Army chief General Dhiraj Seth on Tuesday.

General Seth paid a courtesy call on PM Shah, who also serves as defense minister, at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar.

Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava also attended the meeting.

General Seth arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday for a four-day visit to Nepal at the formal invitation of Nepal Army chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel.

On Monday, President Ram Chandra Paudel conferred on General Seth the honorary rank of general of the Nepal Army.

Nepal and India have maintained a tradition since 1950 of conferring honorary general ranks on each other’s army chiefs.

Also on Monday, Nepal Army chief Sigdel and General Seth held bilateral talks.

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Published Date: 2026-08-18 16:36:59

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