Bangladesh, June 15 -- Speaking to journalists after a meeting on overseas labor market expansion at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 15, the state minister said the government sees the visit as a potential breakthrough in discussions on labor migration.

"The Malaysian labor market has remained closed for a long time. We hope that the Prime Minister's upcoming visit will create a major opportunity for its reopening," Nurul Haque said.

Foreign Ministry officials said Prime Minister Tareq Rahman will make his first overseas trip to Malaysia from June 21 to 22 before traveling to China from June 23 to 26. He is expected to fly directly to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur.

The state minister also revealed that Bangladesh has sent around 1...