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Nepal requests Russia not to enlist its citizens in their army
Updated On: 21 January, 2024 08:18 AM IST | Kathmandu | Agencies
Official figures estimate that over 200 youths have entered Russian army through “illegal channels”
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Nepal’s NP Saud with Russia’s Vershinin Sergey Vasilievich. Pic/PTI
Nepal has requested Russia to not admit Nepalese nationals into the Russian Army and help repatriate those who have already joined the country’s forces to fight the war in Ukraine. At least 200 Nepalese youths have joined the Russian Army through illegal channels and 12 of them have already lost their lives while fighting against Ukraine.
Nepalese Foreign Minister NP Saud, during his meeting with Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Vershinin Sergey Vasilievich on Friday at the sideline of the ongoing Non-Aligned Summit in Kampala, Uganda, asked Russia “not to recruit Nepalese nationals into the country’s Army and to help repatriate those who have already joined the forces”, according to the private secretariat of Saud.
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