To strengthen mutual trust with immediate neighbourhood particularly in the field of defence cooperation, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Bipin Rawat, will visit Nepal and Bangladesh from March 28 to April 2. On his first foreign visit after assuming office, COAS will be visiting important military installations and will meet high ranking dignitaries including the Prime Minister, Defence Minister and the Chief of Army Staff. The delegation will also visit Nepalese Army Mountain Warfare School at Jomsom and the Pension Paying office at Pokhra where the COAS will address the Indian Army ex-servicemen of Nepalese origin.
The visit to Nepal assumes importance as the President of Nepal will confer the title of “Honorary General of the Nepalese Army” to the COAS at a special investiture ceremony on March 29.