Italy has shown interest to employ more Bangladeshi manpower particularly in its agriculture and hospitality sectors as three Italian ministers called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the UN Food Systems Summit here.
“Italy wants to hire more workers from Bangladesh for its hospitality and agriculture sectors,” Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen quoted the Italian ministers as telling the premier at their meetings at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters.
Momen briefed the reporters after Italy’s Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi and Justice Minister Carlo Nordio have meetings with the Bangladesh prime minister on Monday.
Momen said the issue of undocumented workers also featured the meetings as the Italian ministers and the Bangladesh premier put on stress on maintaining proper channel in going to abroad.
The Bangladesh prime minister said her country always discourage illegal workers.
Mentioning that both documented and undocumented workers are contributing to the economies of Italy and also Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina urged the Italian government to legalize the well-mannered and skilled undocumented workers.
Momen said, “Italy is very happy that Bangladesh is always supportive in migration of workers in legal ways”.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina earlier had a bilateral meeting with her Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal at the newly opened Bangladesh-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Room in the FAO headquarters on the sidelines of the UN Food Systems Summit.
In the meeting, the premier offered Nepal to use the newly constructed Pyra port.
“Bangladesh has already opened the Chalna and Chattogram ports for Nepal. Nepal can use the newly constructed Pyra port as well,” Momen quoted the prime minister as saying.
The premier said Bangladesh is developing Sayedpur airport as a regional hub to enhance the connectivity.
The Nepalese prime minister highly praised Bangladesh for its development and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for successfully running her country.
“You (Sheikh Hasina) are a leader of our region,” Dahal said.
He also said there is a huge scope of hydroelectricity generation in Nepal.
