Staff Correspondent, Dhaka
Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Monday called upon Kuwait to recruit more manpower from Bangladesh.
“Around 280,000 Bangladeshis are working in the Gulf state and I urge the government of Kuwait to take more manpower from Bangladesh,” he said when Ambassador of Kuwait to Bangladesh Ali Tunyan Abdul Wahab Hamadah paid a courtesy call on him at the Bangladesh Secretariat.
The adviser said Kuwait is interested in taking more female domestic workers from Bangladesh.
“I also request them to take male workers along with women,” he continued.
The adviser said historically Bangladesh and Kuwait have a deep-rooted friendship.
In reply, the envoy promised to increase the import of manpower from Bangladesh, saying: “Kuwait has always been by Bangladesh's side as a Muslim and Asian ally and will continue to be in future.”
The ambassador recalled Bangladesh’s support to Kuwait in post-Iraq-Kuwait war rehabilitation and landmine clearance in which 270 Bangladeshi soldiers were killed and 56 others injured.
He said there is no agreement between Bangladesh and Kuwait on the import-export of manpower.
“Such an agreement needs to be concluded quickly,” he said.
The meeting discussed various issues relating to mutual interests including manpower export, military and security issues, assistance to the Rohingyas, and mutual cooperation in enhancing the capacity of law enforcement agencies, reads a home ministry press release.
Welcoming the ambassador, the adviser said Kuwait is one of the key partners in the development of Bangladesh and it has been providing assistance in various sectors including the Rohingya issue.
In response, the ambassador said Kuwait has helped highlight the Rohingya issue in the international arena since 2017 and such cooperation will continue in future as well.
The ambassador thanked the adviser for providing necessary security measures to the Kuwait embassy and Baridhara diplomatic enclave.
