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India to explore solution to Saudi work
policy: Khurshid
Tuesday April 09, 2013 07:16:19 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: External
Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Monday that India is in
touch with the Saudi Arabian government over the kingdom's new
work policy and would explore all avenues to find a solution
during the three months of grace period announced by Riyadh.
"We are in touch with the Saudi government and will explore all
possibilities in the three months of grace period announced, for
which we are very grateful," said Khurshid on the sidelines of an
event here.
"We will proceed with objectivity, rationality and sobriety..
There are a huge number of Indians in Saudi and we should do
nothing that detracts from the good work they are doing and the
appreciation they are getting from the Saudi government," he
added.
The Saudi Arabian government two days ago announced a three-month
grace period for enforcing its new work policy of "Nitaqat" (naturalisation)
law, which would affect thousands of Indian workers there.
Khurshid said Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi and
Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed, both of who are
from Kerala, would be meeting the Saudi Arabian labour minister,
who is out of the country and is expected to return only on April
13.
He said he too would go to the kingdom later in the month. "I have
my regular bilateral trip to Saudi Arabia later in the month, and
between us we will be able to take care of everything."
Khurshid said that the issue had figured in talks with Kerala
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy here Monday. He said he updated the
chief minister, from whose state more than 5,00,000 people work in
the kingdom.
"I brought him in the loop about steps to be taken and he said
that we are happy with the Indian mission" in Riyadh and its
handling of the Indian workers, he said.
There are 6.5 million Indians in the Gulf, including 2.45 million
in Saudi Arabia.
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