Revoke entry ban for those vaccinated: envoy asks Italy
Bangladesh has urged Italy to waive its present restrictive measures at least for the stranded Bangladeshi expatriates who have fully vaccinated and allow them enter the European country.
Bangladesh Ambassador in Rome Shameem Ahsan made the call during a meeting with Vice Minister (Deputy Foreign Minister) at the Italian Foreign Ministry Marina Sereni on Wednesday.
The issue of allowing few thousand Bangladesh nationals, who are stranded at home due to existing measures on movement for Covid-19, came prominently at the meeting, according to a Facebook post of the Bangladesh mission.
The Italian deputy foreign minister assured to convey Bangladesh ambassador's concerns to the highest level at the Italian health ministry as the issue is within their jurisdiction, reads the post.
Contacted, Arfanul Hoque, labour welfare counsellor at Bangladesh Embassy in Rome, yesterday said in June they had collected a list of about 6,000 stranded Bangladeshi expatriates from different travel agencies in Bangladesh.
On July 29, Italy extended its entry ban for nationals from some countries including Bangladesh till August 30.
At the meeting, both the ambassador and the deputy foreign minister discussed the whole gamut of the existing cordial bilateral relations and about signing of some agreements or MoU in the near future.
Ambassador Ahsan is expecting to meet the Italian health minister soon, the post adds.
In another Facebook post, the Bangladesh embassy said Ambassador Ahsan held a meeting with Cecilia Piccioni, deputy director general and central director for promotion of Italian language and culture, Directorate General of Country System Division at the Italian Foreign Ministry, on Wednesday.
At the meeting, Cecilia assured that Bangladesh will be in their list for the beneficiary countries for scholarship programme for students in 2022.
The programme remained inoperative since 2018 due to funding and some technical reasons, she added.
Besides, they discussed about strengthening bilateral relations, especially in the field of cultural cooperation.
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