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Article: Decisions on Nepal army integration to be implemented - new defence minister.
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- BBC Monitoring International Reports
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- May 26, 2009
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Text of news report published by Nepalese newspaper Nepal Samacharpatra on 26 May
Kathmandu: Newly appointed defense minister Bidhya Devi Bhandari has said that the role played by the Nepal army in safeguarding national integrity and sovereignty has been a significant one.
Defence Minister Bhandari said this after she arrived at the defense ministry to take up her post soon after being sworn in.
She said that the decisions taken by the Army Integration Special Committee, which was constituted through consensus among the political parties, would be duly implemented ...