Kathmandu, December 13:

Nepal and Qatar have agreed to sign an addendum protocol to bilateral labour pact signed some three years ago to bring the accord into practice at the earliest.

A five-member delegation led by Abdul Rahaman Mohammed Al-Khulaisi, joint secretary at the Qatari Labour Ministry today held discussions with the senior officials at Ministry of Labour and Transport Management (MoLTM) today. The meeting agreed to implement the bilateral labour pact after signing of the addendum protocol for which a Nepali official delegation has been invited to Doha.

“The protocol has no major changes or additions to the existing one but it will come into implementation once it is signed,” said Keshar Bahadur Baniya, director general at the department of Labour and Employment Promotion.

A high level Nepali delegation will go to Doha to ink the protocol following the approval of the ministerial council here, he added. The meeting has today finalised the contents of the protocol.