Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday urged Bahrain for recruiting more skilled and semi-skilled workers, including IT professionals from Bangladesh.
Momen thanked the Government of Bahrain for hosting a large number of Bangladeshi expatriates during a bilateral meeting with Bahrain Foreign Minister Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani held in Manama, read a foreign ministry press release.
During the meeting, they discussed the mutual exchange of land for the construction of Embassy chancery buildings in both counties. Momen also briefed Bahrain's Foreign Minister about socioeconomic development in Bangladesh.
The foreign ministers also stressed the need for strengthening cooperation in trade, investment, economy, culture and tourism, including easing visas for stranded expatriates due to the Covid pandemic, their family members and for visitors.
Foreign Minister Momen will also attend the Manama dialogue to be held on November 18-19, 2022.
