Kathmandu, September 7
A team of 12 members from the American military is coming to Nepal on Thursday.
The team is coming to Nepal to conduct a joint training which will start on September 10 said the information officer of Nepal Army, Krishna Prasad Bhandari.
This joint training between the Nepal Army and the US Military is a regular practice under the framework of the Joint Combined Exchange Training.
Participating in this exercise are junior-level American soldiers, who will come to Kathmandu from the United States, along with their equipment. They will come to Nepal in a US aircraft and leave on September 29. The same American aircraft will return on September 29.
A total of 42 personnel including 30 people from the Nepali Army and 12 from the US Army will participate in the joint exercise. During the training, experience and knowledge will be exchanged on disaster management, search and rescue, and humanitarian aid.
The Nepali Army participates in joint training and exercises with the military of the United States, Britain, India, China, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Israel and other countries on search and rescue, disaster management, counter-terrorism, mountain climbing, roles to be played while participating in the United Nations peacekeeping force.
