Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- United Arab Emirates (UAE) has assured that their government would try to look into the interests of the migrant workers of Bangladesh.
The assurance came in a meeting between Foreign Minister Dr. Dipu Moni and her UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan in New York on Monday, a foreign ministry announcement said in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Both the foreign ministers expressed satisfaction at the existing friendly relations between Bangladesh and UAE.
Bangladesh’s foreign minister, who is now in USA to attend UN General Assembly meeting, appreciated the spectacular development of the UAE and its leading role in the Middle East and international arena.
She also informed the UAE Foreign Minister about the ongoing development activities to build a “Digital Bangladesh” for accelerating progress to a modern and developed Bangladesh by 2021.
Highlighting that workers from Bangladesh are law abiding, hard working and respectful of local laws, customs, values and tradition, the foreign minister drew the attention of her counterpart to the problems being faced by the 800,000 Bangladeshi workers, who form the third largest community in the UAE.
In reply, the UAE foreign minister conveyed the recent efforts of the UAE government to mitigate the suffering of our workers.
The UAE foreign minister in particular informed that according to a new law adopted in his country, no passport of the workers can now be held back with their company owners.
He assured the foreign minister that their government would try to look into the interests of the migrant workers of Bangladesh.
BBN/SI/AD-21Sept10-11:39 pm (BST)
