Italy agrees to include Bangladeshis in farm workers programme: foreign minister

Italy has agreed to include Bangladeshis in their Farm Workers programme responding to a request from Bangladesh.

"The Italian government withdrew this privilege as Bangladeshi farm workers, instead of returning home after each season never returned, thus violating the conditions of the programme," Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told UNB today.

He said this year, when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met her counterpart in Rome, she requested him to include Bangladesh in their Farm Workers Programme.

The Italian government, honouring her request, granted this opportunity to Bangladesh nationals, he said.