(UTV|COLOMBO) – Saudi Ambassador to the Republic of Sri Lanka Abdulnasser Al-Harthi has handed over 150 tons of dates as a gift from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Sri Lanka on Tuesday (18), the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The gift was received by Secretary of Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Posts, Postal Services and Muslim Religious Affairs Marina Mohammed, in the presence of representatives of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) and the Ministry of Finance.
The gift comes within the framework of aid programmes being provided by the Government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and HRH Crown Prince for a number of brotherly and friendly countries in order to be delivered to neediest families.
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