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State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam has urged Kuwait to increase recruitment of Bangladeshi workers as the economy of the Gulf country is poised to expand this year overcoming the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
He has expressed this view while speaking as the guest of honour at the reception marking the 62nd National Day and the 32nd Liberation Day of the State of Kuwait at a hotel on Wednesday.
Shahriar Alam has recalled the contribution of expatriate Bangladeshis to the economies of Bangladesh and Kuwait respectively over the years
Bangladesh exported a total of 655,866 workers to Kuwait during 1976–2022 period.
Recently the IMF projected over 8.00 per cent real GDP growth of Kuwait this year before moderating in 2023.
The OPEC member recorded the highest non-oil revenue in seven years, up 38.5 percent to 2.4 billion dinars, according to a report released recently.
Ambassador of the State of Kuwait in Dhaka Faisal Mutlaq H Al Adwani in his speech has urged the Bangladesh entrepreneurs to avail themselves of the liberalized investment opportunities in Kuwait and use the middle-east country as the hub of the emerging market in the Gulf region.
“The two-way trade can be enhanced to exceed US $ 1 billion annually by diversifying the exchange of products of the two countries, “Mutlaq H Al Adwani said.
Ambassador of the State of Kuwait in Bangladesh Faisal Mutlaq H Al Adwani hosted the reception at Sheraton Dhaka on Wednesday.
The reception was attended among others by ministers, members of parliament, judges, politicians, high civil and armed forces officials,
educationists, journalists, business personalities and other elites of the society.
