Nepal is vital for India within the context of its general strategic pursuits within the area, and the leaders of the 2 nations have usually famous the age-old “Roti Beti” relationship.
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India and Nepal will maintain the sixteenth version of the joint navy coaching train ‘Surya Kiran’ from December 16 to cement the friendship between the 2 armies.

A workforce from the Indian Army arrived in Nepal on Wednesday to take part in navy workout routines to happen at Saljhandi in Rupandehi close to the Nepal-India border.

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“Indian Army troops arrived today in Saljhandi, Nepal for the 16th Joint India-Nepal Military Ex #SURYAKIRAN. The exercises are a paragon for the exchange of professional experience & cementing the friendship between two armies,” the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu tweeted on Wednesday.

The fifteenth version of the joint train was held in Pithoragarh through which 650 troopers from either side participated.

Indian Army chief General Manoj Pande visited Nepal in September.

During the go to, General Pande was conferred with the honorary rank of General of the Nepali Army by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

Apart from assembly his counterpart General Prabhu Ram Sharma, the Chief of Army Staff of the Nepali Army, General Pande additionally known as on Nepali Prime Minister and Defence Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.

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Nepal is vital for India within the context of its general strategic pursuits within the area, and the leaders of the 2 nations have usually famous the age-old “Roti Beti” relationship.

The nation shares a border of over 1,850 km with 5 Indian states — Sikkim, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Land-locked Nepal depends closely on India for the transportation of products and providers.