Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam BSc on Thursday requested Saudi Arabia to recruit more doctors and nurses from Bangladesh.
Both the countries would be benefitted from this, he said when Saudi health ministry recruitment department General Manager Murjan Bin Mubarak Al-Murjan called on him at his office in the ministry.
In the meeting, they discussed sending consultant and registrar doctors from Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia.
The minister thanked the Saudi government for the hospitality he received during his visit to that country in January. He invited the Saudi health minister to visit Bangladesh.
Manager Murjan Bin Mubarak Al-Murjan appreciated the Bangladeshi nurses, doctors and others working in Saudi Arabia. He referred to the long friendly relations between the two countries and said the Bangladeshi workers consider Saudi Arabia their own country.
Later, the Saudi delegation held a bilateral meeting with representatives of the health ministry, foreign ministry and other agencies concerned.
