Saudi Arabia donated 150mt of dates [July 04 2011]

Saudi Arabia has donated 150 metric tons of dates to Sri Lanka for distribution at mosques during the forthcoming holy month of Ramadan.

A Saudi Arabian Ministry of Finance official, Mansour Al-Yousef has handed the consignment at a simple ceremony at the Saudi Embassy in Colombo to the Sri Lankan Senior Minister Mr. A.H.M. Fowzie, in the presence of Mr. Farouk Mohamed Wazeer Ali, Charge d’Affaires of the Saudi Embassy in Colombo.