Adviser Sakhawat calls Azerbaijan to recruit more skilled workers from Bangladesh

Labour and Employment Adviser Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain has made a call to Azerbaijan to recruit more skilled workers from Bangladesh, as he held bilateral meeting with the country's Minister of Labour and Social Security Anar Aliyev in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

At the meeting, they discussed issues such as improving the living standards of Bangladeshi workers, workplace safety, visa procedures and other facilities, said a PID release today (25 September).

The labour adviser emphasised increasing technical cooperation to ensure the rights and benefits of Bangladeshi workers working in Azerbaijan.

He also called for strengthening cooperation among the countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

He requested the Azerbaijani minister to recruit more skilled workers from Bangladesh. In addition, he also called for increasing technical cooperation in the labour sector and investing in special economic zones in Bangladesh.

Sakhawat invited Anar Aliyev to visit Bangladesh.

The Azerbaijani minister proposed the formation of a joint working group to advance cooperation in labour and investment between the two countries, which could include representatives of relevant ministries and organisations of the two countries.

In addition, he requested Bangladesh to quickly ratify the OIC Labour Statute as a signatory country and emphasised the importance of increasing mutual cooperation.

The release said that the meeting is seen as a milestone in the path of increasing bilateral cooperation, including increasing foreign employment and investment between the two countries.