KUWAIT: A ministry of Social Affairs and Labor official noted on Thursday that foreign labor constitutes 70 percent of Kuwait's population , stating that the ministry ensures their rights though minor aberrations do exist which could be rectified.

The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor intends to cooperate with other ministries to address the problem of the large number of foreign labor in Kuwait, Undersecretary Mohammad Al-Kanderi said.

The new labor law obliges the country to form a supreme authority for house-employed labor through which solutions to many problems could be reached, he explained.

Kuwait has signed seven out of eight international agreements on labor rights so far, and it is on the verge of signing the last one. The official said that the ministry hosted an International Labor Organization (ILO) workshop to respond to queries related to foreign labor in the country which provided an opportunity for a clearer perspective on these comments, he concluded. - Kuwait Times