Tehran, Doha sign deal on skilled workforce plan
Iranian and Qatari ministers signed an agreement to cooperate on a skilled workforce program that will enable Qatar to recruit Iranian experts and technicians in various economic and industrial projects.
The signing ceremony was held in Tehran on Monday with the participation of Iranian Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Solat Mortazavi and Qatari Minister of Labor Ali bin Samikh al-Marri.
After signing the agreement, Mortazavi said that members of Iranian and Qatari delegations have held fruitful meetings since Sunday as he stressed the importance of the implementation of mutual agreements between the two countries.
Mahmoud Karimi Beyranvand, an Iranian deputy minister of labor, said that the memoranda of understanding between Iran and Qatar will focus on various areas including hoteling, medicine, and the maritime industry.
He added that the Qatari side has demanded the dispatch of a skilled workforce from Iran to respond to job demands in those sectors.
Also, Mohammed Hassan al-Obaidly, Assistant Undersecretary at the Qatari Ministry of Labor, announced in the meeting that a permanent joint taskforce had been formed to follow up on the implementation of labor agreements between Iran and Qatar.