Sri Lanka, Sept. 2 -- Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to Thailand Wijayanthi Edirisinghe has held discussions with the Director General of the Department of Employment of Thailand, Somchai Morakotsriwan to review progress on the proposed recruitment of 10,000 Sri Lankans to Thailand under a Government-to-Government (G-to-G) mechanism.

The discussion followed the Ambassador's earlier courtesy call on the Minister of Labour of Thailand and the subsequent decision of the Thai Cabinet to proceed with the recruitment of Sri Lankan nationals to meet Thailand's labour market demands, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Thailand said in a statement.

Ambassador Edirisinghe shared the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) submitted...