KUWAIT CITY, Oct 26: Assistant Secretary of State for Asian Affairs, Ambassador Samih Hayat, said in response to a question regarding the Filipino labor crisis, “We are working to resolve the misunderstanding, and this requires time and solid steps, and things are progressing at a steady pace, especially after His Highness the Crown Prince Prince Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad met with the Philippine President on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Riyadh".

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the National Day celebration of Kazakhstan, Hayat said that “the decision to lift the ban or not on workers is the work of committees.”

He explained the “bilateral meetings between the relevant committees in the two countries have not ceased and the diplomatic channels It is always open between the two countries.” He added, "The repercussions of the Covid pandemic have delayed many joint projects to develop relations with Asian countries, and that the coming period will witness more high-level mutual visits, which will result in many agreements and memorandums of understanding that will legally frame relations for investment in Asian countries."

By Fares Al-Abdan

Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff