KUWAIT 20 January 2018: Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al Jarallah on Friday expressed regret over the remarks made by the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte regarding the treatment of the Filipino community in Kuwait, said Wam quoting Kuwait News Agency, Kuna.
Affirming that the two countries have maintained excellent relations, Al Jarallah specified that his department had immediately contacted the Philippines authorities to clarify the intentions behind the president’s statement and correct the specious information.
The Filipino population in Kuwait has exceeded 170,000, hence the four cases mentioned in the president’s statement “cannot be used as a criterion to assess the overall status of the Philippine labourers in the country,” he said.
Legal measures had been initiated against the four Filipinos, Al Jarallah added.
Kuwait enjoys “a bright image in treating the expatriate workers and has laws that preserve their rights and organise their relations with the employers,” the deputy foreign minister said.
Kuwait’s laws and regulations protect expatriates against any attacks or abuse and this fact has turned it into a favoured mecca of work for various peoples, Kuna added.