Army chief assures military aid to Nepal to secure polls

India today assured Nepal that it would provide necessary military equipment to the Nepalese army for securing the forthcoming Constituent Assembly polls.
Army chief Gen Bikram Singh, on an official visit to Nepal, gave this assurance to his Nepalese counterpart Gen Gaurav Shumsher Rana, during bilateral talks here today.
"Gen Singh on the occasion expressed commitment to providing necessary military equipment to the Nepal Army and to help Nepal Army by providing security equipment needed to conduct the forthcoming Constituent Assembly polls," according to a press release issued by the Nepal Army.
During the meeting they also stressed the need to further expand joint training and exercises being carried out by the two armies.

Gen Singh also called on Chairman of the Interim Election Government of Nepal, Khil Raj Regmi.
Earlier today, Gen Singh arrived in Kathmandu on a two-day visit to attend the flag-in ceremony of the successful ascent of Mount Everest by the Indo-Nepal Joint Army Everest Expedition.
The joint expedition comprised a 20-member team including 11 Indian Army personnel and nine Nepal Army personnel, and had collected over 4,000 kilos of garbage from the base camp and above in an effort to clean up the world's highest peak.