General Dwivedi was conferred the honorary rank of General by the Nepal Army.
On November 21, General Dwivedi was conferred the rank of Honorary General of the Nepal Army by President Ram Chandra Paudel at a special ceremony held in the capital.
Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi is in Kathmandu on a five-day official visit at the invitation of Nepal Army Chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel.
General Dwivedi is leading a five-member delegation, which also includes his wife Sunita Dwivedi, who is the President of the Army Wives Welfare Association (AWWA) of the Indian Army.
He also met General Ashok Raj Sigdel, COAS, NA and discussed furthering military bilateral relations between India and Nepal.
As a symbol of everlasting friendship between the two armies, General Upendra Dwivedi gifted military horses and military dogs to General Ashok Raj Sigdel.