pakistan, one of the few countries that supports king gyanendra)s takeover of power in nepal, has agreed to provide training to the nepalese army, nepal)s army chief said saturday, dpa reported. general pyar jung thapa told reporters on his return home from a six-day official trip to pakistan that his visit had strengthened relations between the nepalese and pakistan armies. pakistan)s assurance to provide training to nepalese soldiers comes a few months after china pledged to supply arms to nepal. nepal turned to china and pakistan after its traditional arms supplier, india, along with the united states and britain stopped supplies following king gyanendra)s february 1 takeover. --spa 23:59 local time 20:59 gmt nnnn
