RIYADH — The labor attaché offices approved by the Council of Ministers to be set up in seven manpower-exporting countries will be in charge of recruitment and supervision of training centers for workers to be sent to the Kingdom, business daily Al-Eqtisadiah reported on Tuesday quoting the spokesmen of the ministries of labor and social development and foreign affairs. The Cabinet approved on Monday the setting up of labor attaché offices in Egypt, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Spokesman of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development Khaled Aba Al-Khail said the attaches will make efforts to further strengthen cooperation with manpower exporting countries and will represent the Kingdom on all labor issues in these countries. Aba Al-Khail also said the attachés will develop an employment mechanism for expatriates to be recruited for work in Saudi Arabia. He was of the opinion that the appointment of labor attachés would facilitate coordination with labor-exporting countries, ensure the recruitment of qualified labor and make workers more aware of the Kingdom's culture, customs and traditions. "The labor attaches will work closely with the Saudi embassy in the recruiting country and the Foreign Ministry on all issues related to foreign manpower recruitment," he said. Ambassador Osama Nukali, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the embassy, which represents the ministry, will undertake diplomatic coordination with the host country. "The embassies act as a diplomatic umbrella for all cultural, commercial, military and labor attachés," he said.