Khartoum, The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has launched at the headquarters of the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Programs for Ramadan Breakfasting in Sudan and South Sudan, it was reported today.
The programs, launched yesterday, were attended by Sudan’s Minister of Religious Affairs and Endowments Abdul Aati Ahmed Abbas; the Saudi Ambassador to Sudan Ali bin Hussein Jaafar; Secretary General of South Sudan’s Islamic Council Abdulla Burj and a number of officials.
The Ramadan gift includes distributing ten tons of fine dates and 15000 Ramadan food baskets over fasters in several Sudanese states of the holy month of Ramadan this year.
To highlight the occasion, Ambassador Jaafar said that the program comes within the fraternal ties binding the two countries and peoples, noting that a number of charitable projects have been implemented through Riyadh-based King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), Makkah-based Muslim World League and other Saudi philanthropic organizations in a number of Sudan’s states over the last days.
For his part, Minister Abbas lauded the continuing efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the humanitarian and charitable fields all over the world, in general, and in Sudan, in particular, noting that the project contributes to helping poor families.
Source: Saudi Press Agency