Visit is of special significance as he is the first high-level representative to visit Nepal in almost a year since border row erupted in last Nov.

Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Mukund Naravane on Thursday held discussions with his Nepalese counterpart General Purna Chandra Thapa in Kathmandu. Gen. Naravane was accorded a special guard of honour and he paid homage at the Nepali Armys Martyrs Memorial.
Both delegations discussed Army-to-Army relations and enhancing bilateral defence cooperation. He was also given a comprehensive briefing by senior officers of the Nepali Army, a press note from the Embassy of India stated.
The Indian delegation presented medical equipment for two field hospitals of the Nepali Army.
Nepal is the home of a large number of Gorkha soldiers of the Indian Army and the two militaries have maintained warm fraternal ties that remain undisturbed by bilateral political relations.
Medical equipment
Indias medical consignment includes X-Ray machines, computed radiography systems, ICU ventilators, video endoscopy units, anaesthesia machines, laboratory equipment and ambulances, the embassy said. The items form part of an army-to-army arrangement for ventilators agreed in July.
Gen. Naravane is on a three-day visit to the Himalayan country, which has been caught in a territorial dispute over the Kalapani region of India. The visit is of special significance as the Indian Army chief is the first high-level representative to visit Nepal in almost a year since the border dispute erupted last November.
To meet Oli
Following his engagements with the Nepali Army, Gen. Naravane is expected to meet Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and attend an investiture ceremony where he will receive the honorary rank of a General of the Nepali Army from President Bidhya Devi Bhandari.