GUWAHATI: Bhutan opened a consulate general’s office in Assam ’s capital on Friday, a day before the first Global Investors’ Summit here is to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi .

It is the second country in the Indian subcontinent, after Bangladesh, to do so. Bangladesh had set up its consulate general here last year.

Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Bhutan-India relationship, Bhutanese foreign minister Damcho Dorji and Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal opened the consulate in the presence of Bhutanese PM Tshering Tobgay. Dorji announced a Bhutan-Guwahati-Singapore flight service would be launched.

