Qatar keen to recruit skilled manpower from Bangladesh

Qatar has showed its interest to recruit skilled manpower from Bangladesh as visiting Qatari State Minister for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted the Qatari state minister as saying while briefing reporters after the meeting at the premier’s Jatiya Sangsad office on Sunday evening.

On the Rohingya issue, the Qatari state minister said his country will continue support to Bangladesh on this issue.

In this connection, the prime minister described again the Rohingyas as a ‘burden’ for Bangladesh’s economy.

“They (Rohingyas) are a burden of our economy and how long we’ll keep this huge number of Myanmar citizens in our country?” she questioned.

Sheikh Hasina said Myanmar agreed to take back its nationals from Bangladesh, but it didn’t act accordingly.

The press secretary said Saad Al-Muraikhi put emphasis on strengthening cooperation in different fields including education between the two countries.
The prime minister sought more Qatari investment in Bangladesh for mutual benefits of the two countries.

“We’re setting up 100 special economic zones across the country and Qatari entrepreneurs can invest in these zones,” she said.

Saad Al-Muraikhi also praised Bangladesh’s graduation to a developing country from a least developed one under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

The Qatari state minister said they want Bangladesh to play a major role in the region and the Muslim world.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, PM’s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus and Qatari Ambassador in Dhaka Ahmed Mohammed Nasser Al-Dehaimi were present at the meeting.

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