Reassuring first rate working stipulations, Malaysian High Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Friday (4 October) stated his authorities will give instantaneous attention to the contemporary entry of 18,000 Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia within the predominant portion arena to all stipulations are met.
“Now we possess mentioned the entire machine. And we possess gone thru very transparent procedures. We need workers but they cannot be treated as contemporary slaves regardless of if they are from Bangladesh or completely different countries. I stated this publicly within the previous luxuriate in now,” he stated while responding to a request from UNB all the map in which thru a joint press appearance with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.
The Malaysian top minister, nonetheless, reminded Bangladesh to remain careful and distinguish issues urging no longer to defend criminal actions by any individual – either Malaysians or foreigners in Malaysia.
Chief Adviser Prof Yunus expressed his gratitude to the Malaysian top minister on behalf of your entire people within the country for making this announcement on the worker shy away.
An estimated 800,000 Bangladeshis now dwell and work in Malaysia. Of them, about 450,000 migrated between August 2022 and Could well possibly additionally this year.
Chief Adviser Prof Yunus and the Malaysian High Minister had a handy e book a rough one-on-one assembly on the Hazrat Shahjalal Airport sooner than their bilateral talks at Lodge InterContinental.
Prof Yunus stated he became “very delighted” to welcome his broken-down friend in Dhaka as they’ve identified every completely different for over four a long time.
Yunus spoke in transient on the pupil-led revolution, the sacrifice the students and people made and the carnage committed by the outdated authorities.
The executive adviser additionally spoke about his long affiliation with Malaysian universities and its leaders.
They boarded the same automobile to commute to the bilateral venue—in an expression of their shut friendship.
All the map in which thru the bilateral assembly, they mentioned three core areas – political, commerce and investment.
The factors of mutual curiosity, including financial, political, commerce and investment, schooling, technology and human resource trend, manpower export, greater schooling cooperation, communications, infrastructure trend, and defence cooperation had been additionally highlighted.
Malaysia is going to be the next chair of Asean from January 2025, and the Rohingya shy away became additionally mentioned.
To boot to, the shy away of Bangladesh to turn out to be a ‘Sectoral Dialogue Partner’ in Asean with regards to regional cooperation became specially raised.
“This discuss over with is amazingly fundamental with regards to bilateral kinfolk and this discuss over with is anticipated to be opinion about as an expression of deepening bilateral kinfolk and enduring friendship between Bangladesh and Malaysia,” stated Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain.
The Malaysian PM emphasised on “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” and addressed the factors of Malaysian corporations in Bangladesh and Bangladeshi corporations in Malaysia in a sooner manner.
He stated they develop no longer compromise with corruption, governance and financial fundamentals.
The Malaysian PM additionally stated the joint commission assembly would possibly possibly presumably possibly presumably additionally be held as soon as doubtless.
He became accorded a red carpet reception on his arrival here on a genuinely quick legitimate commute to grab the kinfolk between the 2 countries to a brand new high.
The Malaysian top minister, who’s main a 58-member delegation, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal Global Airport around 2pm.
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus got him amid a gun salute and guard of honour.
After nearly a decade, a Malaysian top minister is visiting Bangladesh, and this legitimate discuss over with is the predominant by any head of authorities to Bangladesh since the formation of the intervening time authorities on 8 August.
He became without extend taken to Lodge InterContinental from the airport where he spent a pair of hours.
Prof Yunus additionally hosted high tea in honour of the Malaysian top minister.
The Malaysian PM additionally met President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban, a senior legitimate on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged UNB. He signed the client’s e book there.
Malaysia is the eighth biggest investor in Bangladesh. Malaysian corporations, including quite loads of owned by its sovereign funds, possess invested bigger than $5 billion in Bangladesh and are now willing to invest more, including in schooling.
The Malaysian top minister became scheduled to leave Dhaka at 6:25pm.
