Kathmandu, June 5 -- Jordan has opened its honorary consulate office in Nepal with Kunal Kayal appointed the honorary consul. Kayal is also the treasurer of the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) and also the chairman of Sanima GIC Insurance Company. He has been working as the director of the Keyal Group for the last one and a half decades.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Yusuf Abdulghani, non-resident ambassador of Jordan to Nepal based in New Delhi, stated that Nepal and Jordan have excellent political relations and share similar views on various international issues.

Since bilateral trade between Nepal and Jordan is limited but expectations are high, the Jordanian ambassador outlined the potential of the relations...