Bahrain foreign minister urged to take back Bangladeshi expats

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen urged his Bahrain counterpart to take back Bangladeshi expatriates who have been stuck here in the country due to coronavirus pandemic.

Momen made the urge at a conversation over telephone with Bahrain Foreign Minister Dr Abdul Latif Bin Rashid on Tuesday (January 19).

A foreign ministry press release has been issued in this regard.

Extending his thanks to the Bahrain government for regularizing visas of 30,000 Bangladeshi expatriates under a general amnesty, the foreign minister urged his counterpart to extend deadline of the general amnesty.

The two ministers also agreed to hold the second Foreign Office Consultation (FCO) between the two countries in Dhaka soon.

Dr Momen also thanked the Bahrain government for its decision of distributing COVID-19 vaccines free of cost to all including the Bangladeshi expatriates.