KATHMANDU: A meeting of a Joint Committee of Nepal and the United Arab Emirates is scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi today.
Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security, Krishna Kumar Shrestha and Minister for Human Resources of the UAE, Abdulrahman Abdulmannan Al Awar, will address the meeting in the inaugural session.
Joint-Secretary of the Labour Ministry, Rajeev Pokharel, will lead the Nepali delegation in the meeting of the technical group scheduled after the inaugural session.
According to the Labour Ministry, a review will be carried out regarding the implementation of the labour agreement signed between Nepal and the UAE in 2019.
In the joint meeting, discussions will be held on various issues including social security of Nepali workers in UAE, their safety at the workplace, arrangement of health service and insurance, skill development and increase in salary.
Similarly, the meeting will also hold a discussion to resolve the problems of Nepalis, who are in the UAE on tourist visas and stranded there.
Likewise, Minister Shrestha and Minister of the UAE, Awar, are scheduled to hold a meeting today itself to discuss various issues related to the safety and welfare of Nepali workers.
On this occasion, Minister Shrestha will discuss with his Emiratis counterpart about the tourist visa and measures to resolve the problems created due to this, according to Minister Shrestha's Secretariat.
A Nepali delegation led by Minister Shrestha left for the UAE on Monday. Nepali Ambassador to the UAE, Krishna Prasad Dhakal, welcomed the Nepali delegation at Abu Dhabi Airport.
Minister Shrestha will visit the Nepali Embassy and hold a discussion with the Nepali community on Wednesday. He will discuss the problems being faced by Nepali workers and try to find measures to resolve them.
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Published Date: March 15, 2022, 12:00 am
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