Visiting Indian Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat returned to New Delhi after completing a four-day visit to Nepal on Friday.

He had arrived here on March 18 at the invitation of his Nepali counterpart Rajendra Chhetri.

President Bidya Devi Bhandari had conferred the rank of honorary General of the Nepal Army (NA) on visiting Indian Army Chief Gen Rawat amidst a special ceremony at Sheetal Niwas on Wednesday.

During his stay in Kathmandu, Rawat had called on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Minister for Defence Bal Krishna Khand and his Nepali counterpart Chhetri separately.

Nepal Army has believed that the visit has helped strengthen and expand army-to -army relations existing between two countries since long.

He was seen off by Lieutenant General Purna Chandra Thapa at the Tribhuvan International Airport. RSS