FCCI to reconsider ties with counterparts

abu dhabi — The Federation of the UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) is reconsidering its relations with countries that have not responded to repatriation requests from their citizens who worked in the private sector in the UAE but wanted to return home after taking leave from their jobs.

Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithi, Chairman of the FCCI, said in a statement on Monday that these countries must be more flexible in dealing with their citizens and to preserve the features and benefits they made thanks to their relations with the private sector in the UAE.

“They must be more cooperative to maintain the best interest of all parties in the future,” he stressed.

The FCCI stands by the UAE Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) in its options, which includes restructuring its cooperation and agreement relations with countries refusing to receive their nationals working in the UAE private sector but wanted to return home after they lost their jobs or were asked to take leave by their employers, Al Rumaithi explained.

The chairman urged these countries to take the necessary measures to allow its citizens to return home after taking leave from their jobs.

He called on them to stop their hardline approach when it comes to receiving their citizens since that will reflect negatively on the future relations between the FCCI and the chambers of commerce in those countries.

Al Rumaithi added that all countries should be responsible for their citizens wishing to return to their countries as part of the humanitarian initiative launched recently by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation.