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Thursday, 11 March 2010

PM leaves for Kuwait today on 3-day visit to the Gulf state

Development aid, investment, manpower to dominate official talks

Reported by: UNBconnect
Reported on: February 06, 2010 17:17 PM
Reported in: National

News - PM leaves for Kuwait today on 3-day visit to the Gulf state

Dhaka, Feb 7 (UNB) - Development assistance, investment and labor issues would figure high at her official talks with the Kuwaiti leaders during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s 3-day state visit to the Gulf state from today(Sunday).

The Prime Minister will fly for Kuwait at 2 pm. She will leave Kuwait on Tuesday evening by the special flight and return home early Wednesday.

On Monday, she will hold official talks with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Bangladesh will seek assistance for development of communications infrastructures, including the mega-project of Padma Bridge, and support for the country’s energy sector, officials here said.

Presently, Kuwait Development Fund is providing aid worth US$ 660 million for 21 projects in Bangladesh. A proposal for recruiting more workforces from Bangladesh will come up prominently, the officials said. Some 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis are now employed in the oil-rich Middle-eastern country. Before the official talks, Hasina will pay a courtesy call on Emir Sabah IV Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Monday morning at Dewani Emir.

“We expect a productive outcome of the Prime Minister’s visit,” a senior Foreign Ministry official told UNB. He said the warm and friendly ties between Bangladesh and Kuwait have been clearly manifested through the sending of a special aircraft by the Kuwait Emir to carry Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and members of her entourage.

During her stay in Kuwait city, Hasina will have meetings with Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi, Kuwait Fund for Development director-general Abdulwahab Al Bader, Kuwait Investment Authority managing director Bader M Al Sa'ad, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense Sheikh Jaber al Mubarak al Hamad al Sabah, and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.

She will visit the Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce where she will have lunch with Minister of Commerce Ahmad Baqer Al-Abdullah. On Tuesday, the Prime Minister will visit Kuwait Oil Company at Ahmedya and attend luncheon hosted by Governor of Ahmedya. She will also attend a community reception in the evening to wrap up her tour.

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