A Kuwaiti-Ethiopian working team tasked with negotiating a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on domestic workers has fulfilled 90 percent of its work, said Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Ambassador Sami AlHamad.
Al-Hamad added that there was consensus between the two sides that they were keen on ensuring the rights and responsibilities of the concerned parties to the MoU. He pointed out that the two sides will soon hold another round of negotiations before the MoU is referred to the concerned ministers of the two countries for final approval.
This is the second meeting following the first one when Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Sami Al-Hamad met with Ethiopia’s ambassador to Kuwait Abdulfattah Hassan to discuss the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on recruiting Ethiopian domestic helpers for Kuwait.
Following the discussions, it was agreed that a committee led by officials from Kuwait Foreign Ministry will travel to Addis Ababa next week to understand the labor recruitment mechanisms in the African country. According to official figures, there are nearly 18,000 Ethiopians, mainly women, working as domestic helpers in Kuwait.
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