Nepali Army has issued a statement refuting reports of meeting between the King and the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS).

In its statement, the NA has said that it has embraced the norms of rule of law as per the democratic governance. Referring to news published in a newspaper on Sunday reporting about the meeting, the NA has said, “There is no process whereby the Chief of Army Staff can meet with anyone – whenever approval is necessary – without government approval.”

The statement dismisses the news report as ‘untrue, fabricated and malicious.’ The NA has said that the report smacked of conspiracies to create rift between the army and the people and the democratic forces and the army.

The report of the meeting between the King and army chief was also taken up at the cabinet meeting on Sunday where the government had decided to investigate it.