Donation of Saudi dates

COLOMBO: The Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has donated 100 metric tons of dates to the government of Sri Lanka to be distributed among Muslims of Sri Lanka on the occasion of the forth coming Holy month of Ramadan.

The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Sri Lanka Mohammed M. Al Ali officially handed over the dates to Minister of Transport, Railway, Petroleum and Petroleum Resources A.H.M. Fowzie during a ceremony held on Saturday, September 9 at the Ministry of Petroleum and Petroleum Resources in Colombo.

First Secretary of the Embassy Talaat H. Shera, the Representative of the Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Omar Abdullah Al Khattaf, Minister of Disaster Relief Services Ameer Ali Shihabdeen, Member of Parliament Faizer Musthafa and Director of the Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs M.I. Ameer were also present.