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New Delhi: Taiwan has signalled it is open to having Indian migrant workers..
In an announcement by its Ministry of Labor Friday, Taipei said it was signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on labour cooperation with the Government of India a move that would open up the country to Indian workers...
In a statement released by the ministry, Taiwan announced that the agreement was signed over a video link in Taipei and New Delhi, but that finer details of the deal, such as its operationalisation, have yet to be finalised...
The MOU stipulates that while Taiwan will decide the industries to be opened and the number of Indian migrant workers to be allowed, India will be responsible for recruiting and training Indian migrant workers according to Taipeis needs...
At the same time, as concerns among Indians over racism in Taiwan grew, the countrys Ministry of Foreign Affairs put out a statement on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to say that Taiwan is a pluralistic country...
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