Saudi aid center chief meets with Sri Lankan envoy

  • 12/20/2021
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RIYADH: Advisor at the Royal Court and Supervisor-General of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah on Monday met Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom Pakeer Mohideen Amza. During the meeting, the two discussed issues of common interest as well as the latest developments in the humanitarian projects being implemented by the Kingdom for the Sri Lankan people. The center has thus far implemented nine such projects in various sectors. Elsewhere, KSrelief has continued distributing winter supplies, including blankets and clothes, to Jordanian families in need as well as Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Jordan. The aid distributed benefitted 10,300 individuals. On Wednesday, Al-Rabeeah met the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Martin Griffiths. Al-Rabeeah reviewed the humanitarian projects implemented by the Kingdom through KSrelief, amounting to 1,806 projects in 77 beneficiary countries, including in various vital sectors, with a value of more than $5.5 billion, of which Yemen received 644 projects. The two sides discussed matters of common concern related to relief and humanitarian affairs and ways to enhance cooperation between them to alleviate the suffering of needy countries around the world. Griffiths praised the leading role KSrelief plays in humanitarian work, noting its provision of aid to all groups in need without discrimination.

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