{"id":58737,"date":"2024-12-13T05:43:39","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T05:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=58737"},"modified":"2024-12-13T05:43:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T05:43:41","slug":"nepal-army-chief-gen-ashok-raj-sigdel-meets-defence-minister-rajnath-singh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/13\/nepal-army-chief-gen-ashok-raj-sigdel-meets-defence-minister-rajnath-singh\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal Army Chief Gen Ashok Raj Sigdel Meets Defence Minister Rajnath Singh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>General Ashok Raj Sigdel<\/strong>, Chief of Army Staff of Nepal, met with <strong>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh<\/strong> in New Delhi on Thursday to discuss various aspects of <strong>India-Nepal bilateral relations<\/strong>. The meeting focused on strengthening defence cooperation and addressing mutual concerns between the two neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the discussions, Rajnath Singh emphasized that as <strong>close neighbours<\/strong>, India and Nepal share similar perspectives on several issues. He reaffirmed <strong>India\u2019s commitment<\/strong> to enhancing its relations with Nepal under the framework of the <strong>\u2018Neighborhood First Policy\u2019<\/strong>. The Defence Minister expressed his <strong>deep satisfaction<\/strong> with the <strong>current state of bilateral ties<\/strong>, noting their robustness and mutual respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rajnath Singh also highlighted key areas of <strong>defence cooperation<\/strong> between the two nations, including <strong>training programs<\/strong>, <strong>joint military exercises<\/strong>, and <strong>workshops<\/strong>. These efforts aim to enhance the capability of the <strong>Nepal Army<\/strong>. Additionally, the two leaders discussed the <strong>supply of defence equipment<\/strong> and other materials to further strengthen Nepal&#8217;s military preparedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a symbolic gesture of the strong ties between India and Nepal, Rajnath Singh congratulated <strong>General Ashok Raj Sigdel<\/strong> on being conferred the <strong>Honorary rank of General of the Indian Army<\/strong>, a prestigious distinction that has been traditionally awarded to the Chiefs of the Nepal Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Sigdel is currently on a <strong>four-day visit<\/strong> to India, during which he is expected to hold additional discussions on enhancing defence cooperation and regional security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Ashok Raj Sigdel, Chief of Army Staff of Nepal, met with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on Thursday to discuss various aspects of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58737","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58739,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58737\/revisions\/58739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}