DHAKA: Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain reached at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh of Saudi Arabia Sunday.

The minister went Saudi Arabia to have a bilateral meeting with Engineer Adel bin Muhammad Fakeih, Minister of Labour of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Monday.

Deputy Minister Dr Ahmed Alfahaid for International Affairs, Ministry of Labor of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Director HRH Prince Saud bin Talal bin Badar Al Saud of International Cooperation Directorate of Ministry of Labor of Saudi Arabia, Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Md. Shahidul Islam, Consul General of Bangladesh in Jeddah A K M Shahidul Karim, and other Saudi high officials and officials of the Embassy received the Bangladeshi minister.

The Minister of Bangladesh was taken to the Riyadh Conference Palace as the Royal Guest of the Saudi Government.

Khandker Mosharraf is leading a 7-member delegation including M Abul Kalam Azad, Senior Secretary, Prime Minister’s Office; Secretary Khandaker M Iftekhar Haider of Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, Director General Begum Shamsun Nahar of Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training, and other high officials of the Government of Bangladesh.

BDST: 2224 HRS, JAN 18, 2015