Bangladesh urges Kuwait to open flights soon to take back expats

Bangladesh has requested Kuwait to resume flights between the two countries as quickly as possible so that the Bangladeshi expatriates who got stuck here can return to their workplaces smoothly.

Bangladesh thanked the Kuwaiti government for extending support to Bangladeshi expatriates in Kuwait.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, now visiting Kuwait as a special envoy of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, discussed the issues on Monday with his Kuwait counterpart.

He met new Emir Sheikh Nawaf al Ahmad al Sabah and conveyed the Prime Minister’s message to Emir congratulating him apart from conveying condolences on the death of the former Emir of Kuwait.

The Foreign Minister, on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, invited the new Kuwait Emir to visit Bangladesh at a convenient time once the Covid-19 pandemic situation improves, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Dr Momen, on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her government and the people of Bangladesh, conveyed condolences over the death of Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah.

He conveyed the new Emir that Bangladesh also observed mourning nationally.

Dr Momen said the former Emir of Kuwait was a very generous person.

The Foreign Minister mentioned that Sheikh Sabah was a genuine friend of Bangladesh and he took Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the OIC conference coming to Bangladesh in 1974.

“It was a milestone in Bangladesh-Kuwait relations and following that many Muslim countries recognised Bangladesh,” Dr Momen said.