Tajikistan and Qatar have signed a government-to-government agreement on regulation of recruitment of manpower from Tajikistan, according to the press center of the Ministry of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population (MoLMEP).

The document was reportedly inked by Ms. Sumangul Taghoizoda, Minister of Labor, Migration and Employment of Population of Tajikistan, and Mr. Yousef bin Mohamed al Othman Fakhroo, Minister of Administrative Development, Labor and Social Affairs of Qatar, in Doha on February 3.

The MoLMEP press center says the document was prepared during Tajik President Emomali Rahmon’s visit to Qatar in February 2017.

Under this agreement, Tajik labor migrants can work in Qatar on the basis of a contract between employee and employer drawn up in accordance with Qatari legislation.   

Meanwhile, Qatari media reports say the agreement includes the procedures and regulations of workers recruitment, in addition to the formation of a joint committee of the two sides to be held annually, to facilitate the recruitment procedures between the two countries.