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Indian Army Chief For Helping Nepal In Everything Possible
By KTM Metro Reporter
April 5, 2012: Army Chief Gen V K Singh today offered all possible help to Nepal in its army integration process and for disaster management, saying India will do whatever it can to take forward the bilateral ties, ‘The Economic Times’ of India, and ‘Hindustan Times’ write.
"'Nepal ko hit ma India ko hit chha' literally means ‘if Nepal benefits means India benefits, too’," he said in Nepali, replying to a question of reporters concerning Indian help in expediting the integration of former Maoist combatants into the Nepalese army process, and disaster management in Nepal.
"To that extent whatever assistance is asked from us as friends and brothers we will give that," Gen Singh said after watching the demonstration of a counter-hijacking tactics at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on the completion of the Three-day Regional Seminar on Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance in Kathmandu.
The Indian army chief also held high-profile meetings on the sidelines of the Regional Seminar on Natural Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance in Kathmandu.
At the meeting with Nepalese Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai, Gen Singh said, "Indian army is strong and unified and it has displayed unity in diversity," the Indian media quoted the Premier's press adviser Ramrijhan Yadav as told the reporters.
"Indian army has great faith in democracy," Gen Singh was quoted as saying. "As we have worked as per the norms and values of democracy and we have been able to bring the insurgent group called 'Mizoram National Front' to the political mainstream. I am hopeful that the Maoist soldiers would also follow the same by merging themselves with the Nepal army under the ongoing peace process," Gen Singh was quoted as saying by Yadav. "I have told the Prime Minister that whatever is in the interest of Nepal will be in the interest of India," he said. "Our aim is to expand and consolidate friendship between Nepal and India" and "we will do whatever we can to move forward the bilateral relations," Gen Singh said.
Prime Minister Bhattarai in turn said, “Nepal army is also democratic and professional as they have been trained by the Indian army.” "The Maoist combatants will soon be integrated into the national army, as the peace process and the Constitution-making have come to the final stage in Nepal," Bhattarai said.
In addition to meeting with Prime Minister Bhattarai, Gen Singh called on President Ram Baran Yadav and met with Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Bijaya Gacchedhar.
