Khartoum, February 28, 2019, SPA -- Secretary General of Zakat (Alms) Authority of The Sudan Dr. Mohammed Abdulrazzaq received in Khartoum today the Saudi ambassador to Sudan Ali bin Hasan Jaafar. During the meeting, ways of joint cooperation between Zakat authority of Sudan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, particularly in the field of exchange of experience and training of personnel were reviewed. For his part, Abdulrazzaq disclosed that his department supervises more than 20,000 Zakat sub-committees that manage to provide voluntary work for the poor, through fixing the Zakat beneficiaries and fairly distributing alms among them. The Saudi ambassador lauded the great job being achieved by the Zakat authority throughout the country, promising to kick off fruitful cooperation between the Kingdom's relevant institutions and the Sudan federal Zakat authority in the field of humanitarian assistance. --SPA 21:21 LOCAL TIME 18:21 GMT 0031 www.spa.gov.sa/w845850