Foreign adviser to visit Kuwait Sept 3-4 to discuss workers' issues
Thursday, 28 August 2008
Foreign Adviser Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury will visit Kuwait September 3-4 mainly to discuss issues concerning the welfare of Bangladeshi workers there and measures taken by the Kuwaiti government to redress the workers' plight, reports UNB.
Iftekhar also holds the charge of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment.
A spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "Earlier we had announced that such a visit would take place in the first week of September. The precise dates have now been fixed."
He said issues relating to the Bangladeshi workers would feature in the Foreign Adviser's talks with the Kuwaiti leaders. The subject of greater economic cooperation between the wealthy Gulf state and Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority developing country, will also come up.
Iftekhar also holds the charge of the Ministry of Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment.
A spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "Earlier we had announced that such a visit would take place in the first week of September. The precise dates have now been fixed."
He said issues relating to the Bangladeshi workers would feature in the Foreign Adviser's talks with the Kuwaiti leaders. The subject of greater economic cooperation between the wealthy Gulf state and Bangladesh, a Muslim-majority developing country, will also come up.