Sri Lankan community is of high quality: Qatar Chamber

The Qatar Chamber has said the Qatari market welcomes qualified and trained labourers from Sri Lanka while describing the Sri Lankan community in Qatar as “good and of high quality.”

According to the Gulf Times, Qatar Chamber’s first vice-chairman Mohamed bin Towar al-kuwari has said this when he met Sri Lankan Foreign Employment Secretary Yamuna Perera on Monday.

The meeting was held to discuss co-operation between the two sides in connection with recruitment opportunities and ways to manage the challenges and opportunities in the field of employment, Qatar Chamber said in a statement.

The Qatar Chamber official also lauded the role of Sri Lanka in the economic development witnessed by Qatar, adding that the Chamber supports the presence of Sri Lanka in the Qatari market.

He said Qatar Chamber encourages businessmen in the country to recruit more qualified Sri Lankan labourers to work in their projects and companies.

Meanwhile, Perera said Sri Lanka is interested to qualify and train labourers in specialised centres that cover industries such as construction, services, hospitality, health, and other sectors.

She called on the Chamber to urge businessmen in Qatar to recruit more labourers in their companies, adding that there are 117,000 Sri Lankans working in Qatar. The Sri Lankan official also noted that Sri Lankan labourers in Qatar are treated well.