Spain urged to recruit agro workers from Bangladesh

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen urged Spain to recruit agricultural laborers from Bangladesh.

Momen made the urge as outgoing Spanish Ambassador to Bangladesh Álvaro de Salas Giménez de Azcárate paid his farewell call on him at the foreign ministry on Monday.

Álvaro de Salas Giménez de Azcárate said that his country would need seasonal workers for agriculture in summer season as many people died of coronavirus.

Momen said that Bangladesh has exported 6.5 million PPEs to the USA as well as supplied medicines, such as Remdesivir, Hydroxychloroquine to some countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mentioning the existing investment-friendly schemes of Bangladesh, Momen called for more investments from Spain as well as sharing expertise, especially in energy and tourism sectors with Bangladesh.

The foreign minister also called for imposing economic sanction on Myanmar by the international community so that Naypyidaw abide by its commitment for safe, dignified and sustainable repatriation of the forcibly displaced Rohingya people.

The foreign minister thanked the Spanish government for its continued support to the Rohingya issue.

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