President Rodrigo Duterte will leave for the Middle East today for a weeklong state visit that aims to secure good working conditions for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), Labor Secretary Silverstre Bello 3rd said Sunday.

Bello, who will be joining the President in his visits to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, said bilateral agreements concerning OFWs will be signed, as well as the facilitation of the amnesty program of the Saudi Arabian government to undocumented OFWs.

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