KATHMANDU: The chief of Maldives National Defense Force, Ahmed Shiyam, on Tuesday separately called on Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari and Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal here in Kathmandu.
Shiyam paid a courtesy call to President Bhandari at her office in Sheetal Niwas and discussed bilateral relationship between Nepal and Maldives, the President’s Office said in a statement. The top security official of the Maldives was accompanied by his senior colleagues in the meeting.
Likewise,
Prime
Minister
Dahal
noted
that
the
Nepal
Army
and
MNDF
enjoyed
good
relationship,
a
statement
issued
by
the
PM’s
secretariat
said.
On the occasion, Shiyam expressed happiness over successful integration of the Maoist combatants, saying Nepal’s peace process was exemplary, according to the statement.