Kuwait urged to recruit more manpower from Bangladesh

Home Affairs Adviser Lt.  Gen.  Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) has called upon Kuwait to recruit more manpower from Bangladesh.

The adviser made the call when Ambassador of Kuwait to Bangladesh Ali Tunyan Abdul Wahab Hamadah paid a courtesy call on him at Bangladesh Secretariat   on Monday afternoon.

“ Around 2,80,000 Bangladeshis are working in the Gulf state and I urge the government of Kuwait to take more manpower from Bangladesh,” he said. 

The adviser said Kuwait is interested in taking more female domestic workers from Bangladesh. 

The adviser said historically Bangladesh and Kuwait have a deep rooted friendship.  

In reply, the envoy promised to increase 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 that there is no agreement between Bangladesh and Kuwait on 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, mutual cooperation in enhancing the capacity of law enforcement agencies.