India, Kuwait sign MoU for cooperation on recruitment of domestic workers
The MoU brings the Indian domestic workers in Kuwait throughout the ambit of a authorized framework that streamlines their recruitment and supplies them with the safety of the regulation.
India and Kuwait have signed an MoU that brings Indian domestic workers within the Gulf nation throughout the ambit of a authorized framework that streamlines their recruitment and supplies them with the safety of the regulation.
The MoU was signed on Thursday by Indian Ambassador Sibi George and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait Majdi Ahmad Al-Dhafiri within the presence of visiting External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah.
Mr. Jaishankar arrived at Kuwait metropolis on his first bilateral go to to the oil-rich Gulf nation early on Thursday, in line with a press launch issued by the Indian Embassy in Kuwait.
The MoU brings the Indian domestic workers in Kuwait throughout the ambit of a authorized framework that streamlines their recruitment and supplies them with the safety of the regulation.
Both ministers welcomed the signing of the MoU which is able to introduce an employment contract making certain the rights and obligations of each the employer and the domestic workers.
The MoU seeks to ascertain a mechanism for 24-hour help to domestic workers. It supplies for the institution of a joint committee for periodic evaluate and evaluation and to observe up the implementation of the MoU which is able to conduct annual conferences.
Around a million (ten lakh) Indians reside in Kuwait. India is amongst the most important buying and selling companions of Kuwait and the Gulf nation is a significant provider of oil to India.
Jaishankar on Thursday referred to as on Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
He handed over to him a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed to Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
The visiting minister thanked the management for Kuwait’s immediate provide of liquid medical oxygen and different oxygen-related provides to India to combat the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic within the nation. Both sides mentioned the state of bilateral relations and in addition the developments within the area.
Jaishankar’s go to comes on the invitation of his Kuwaiti counterpart and is a component of the improved high-level political exchanges within the context of the sixtieth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between India and Kuwait.
The visiting minister held talks along with his counterpart Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah.
Both sides reviewed the whole gamut of bilateral relations and exchanged views on regional developments and international points.
They additionally mentioned the challenges posed by the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the misery it precipitated to humanity and reiterated their dedication to collectively combat the pandemic and handle the myriad of points that their residents face corresponding to journey restrictions and points associated to vaccination.
The matters coated additionally included meals safety, cybersecurity, cooperation within the power sector and points associated to the Indian workforce in Kuwait.
Both sides agreed to carry the primary India-Kuwait Joint Commission assembly later this yr and in addition to set dates for early conferences of the Joint Working Groups on well being, hydrocarbon and manpower. The two sides additionally agreed to arrange new joint working teams in different areas of cooperation.
The joint celebrations of the sixtieth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between India and Kuwait have been launched on the assembly.
The year-long celebrations will proceed by way of 2021-2022. In the night, Mr. Jaishankar chaired a round-table convention of Indian ambassadors within the Gulf Cooperation Council nations and Iran.
The GCC is a political and financial alliance of six nations – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Oman.