Kuwait Regrets Philippine President Remarks

Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah regretted remarks made by the Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte regarding his nation's community in Kuwait.

The Philippines suspended sending workers to Kuwait, a day after Duterte said abuse by employers there had driven several domestic helpers to suicide.

Al-Jarallah said that that the two countries have maintained distinguished ties, and indicated that his department had immediately contacted the Philippines' authorities to determine motives behind the president's statement and refute the erroneous information in it.

The number of the Filipinos in Kuwait has exceeded 170,000, thus the four cases mentioned in the president's statement "cannot be used as a criterion to assess the overall status of the Philippines' labourers in the country," he said.

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Legal measures had been taken against the four Filipinos, Al-Jarallah added.

Kuwait enjoys "a bright image on treating the expatriate workers and has laws that preserve their rights and organize their relations with the employers," the deputy foreign minister said.

Kuwait's laws and regulations protect the expatriates against any attacks or abuse and this fact has turned it into a favoured mecca for work for various peoples.

SOURCE : GDNONLINE

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