His second-in-command General Toran Jung Bahadur Singh received Gurung at Tribhuvan International Airport Sunday afternoon. Senior Nepal Army officials, charge d´affaires of the US Embassy in Kathmandu Trish Mahoney and military attaches of various embassies in Kathmandu were also present on the occasion. [break]
CoAS Gurung, who led a four member delegation, had left for US visit on March 26. Gurung was inducted in the International Officer´s Hall of Fame at the Command and Staff College, Fort Leaverworth, Kansas.
Gurung takes pride to the fifth army chief to be inducted in the much coveted Hall of Fame and third official from the South Asian countries. He had completed the Command and General Staff Course from the college in 1985/86, along with other 99 international officers from 62 countries around the globe.
CoAS Gurung held meeting with US Army Chief General George W. Casey; chief of staff of the US Army, Lt-Gen Charles H Jacoby; director, Strategic Plans and Policy, Robert Scher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Southeast Asia, Derek Mitchell, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs and Dr Alyssa Ayres, deputy assistant secretary for South and Central Asia during his stay in the US
Among others, Gurung held meeting with B Lynn Pascoe, the UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs and Susana Malcorra, Under Secretary General for Department of Field Support, at the at the UN headquarters.
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