KATHMANDU, March 15: A meeting of a Joint Committee of Nepal and the United Arab Emirates is taking place at Abu Dhabi today.

Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security, Krishna Kumar Shrestha, and Minister for Human Resources of the UAE, Dr Abdul Rahaman Abdul Manan Al Awar, will address the meeting in the inaugural session.

Joint-Secretary of the labor ministry, Rajeev Pokharel, will lead the Nepali delegation in the meeting of the technical group scheduled after the inaugural session.

According to the Labor Ministry, a review will be carried out regarding the implementation of the labor agreement signed between Nepal and the UAE in 2019.

Discussion will be held on various issues including social security of Nepali workers in UAE, their safety in the workplace, arrangement of health service and insurance, skill development and increase in salary in the joint meeting.

Similarly, the meeting will also hold discussions to resolve problems of those Nepalis, who are in the UAE on tourist visas and stranded there.

Likewise, Minister Shrestha and Minister of the UAE, Dr Awar, are holding a meeting today itself and discussion would be held on various issues related to safety and welfare of the Nepali workers.

On the occasion, Minister Shrestha will discuss with his counterpart the tourist visa and measures to resolve the problems created due to this, according to the Minister Shrestha's Secretariat.

A Nepali delegation under the leadership of Minister Shrestha left for the UAE on Monday. Nepali Ambassador to the UAE, Krishna Prasad Dhakal, welcomed the Nepali delegation at the Abu Dhabi Airport.

Minister Shrestha is scheduled to hold discussion with Nepali community regarding the problems facing by Nepali workers and measures to resolve it at the Nepali Embassy on Wednesday.

 
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