Kathmandu, Aug. 8 -- As part of its plan to expand labour destination countries for Nepali workers to European countries, the government has intensified efforts to discuss the prospects of sending Nepali migrant workers to Turkey.

For that, the Labour, Employment and Social Security has already started internal discussions on the draft of the labour agreement that it will be sharing with Turkey.

"We have started internal dialogue on the format and contents of the draft labour agreement. This will be a general agreement between both countries, which will basically talk about the overall rights and facilities to be given to our workers," said Umesh Dhungana, joint-secretary with the Labour Ministry.

The Labour Ministry is simultaneously ...