DIMAPUR, MAY 29 (MExN): Indian Defense Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman arrived in Dimapur on May 29 on her maiden visit to the Army's Spear Corps Zone in Nagaland.
A press note from the PIB, Defense Wing informed that in Dimapur, the Minister was briefed by Lieutenant General Gopal R, AVSM, SM, General Officer Commanding Spear (3) Corps on the progress of operations of the Corps which include counter terrorist as well as border management operations on the Indo-Myanmar Border in the North East states. Sitharaman is scheduled to depart for forward areas of Nagaland along the Indo-Myanmar Border on May 30. She will undertake a detailed assessment of the border guarding operations undertaken by Spear Corps and interact with officers and troops of the Assam Rifles operating along the border so as to make a firsthand assessment of the security situation there.
During this visit to the forward areas, the Minister is also scheduled to meet and interact with the local people at these locations, the press statement informed.
