Nepal Army Chief General Rajendra Chhetri today called on Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and discussed ways to deepen defence and security cooperation between the two countries.
Official sources said issues related to bilateral defence cooperation figured prominently during the meeting.
The Nepal Army Chief's visit comes nearly a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to that country during which both countries had decided to bolster defence and security cooperation.
Indo-Nepal border is open, porous and thickly populated. The movement of people across the border is governed by Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship, 1950, which provides for free movement of citizens of both the countries across the border.