Saudi Arabia distributes medical supplies to Albania

Saudi embassy attaché Mohammed bin Rashed Al-Hadithi delivered the aid. (Supplied)
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Updated 08 May 2021
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Saudi Arabia distributes medical supplies to Albania

  • KSrelief was committed to assisting people in need around the world

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) delivered the first batch of medical supplies and equipment provided by the Saudi government to Albania. The first batch included 23 ventilators to help the country fight the coronavirus.
The Saudi attaché at the embassy in Tirana, Mohammed bin Rashed Al-Hadithi, delivered the aid on behalf of the center, in the presence of Matilda Shaban, director of development programs at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, and Albert Nikolla, the deputy minister of health and social protection. Al-Hadithi said that KSrelief was committed to assisting people in need around the world. Led by King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Kingdom is exerting efforts to confront the coronavirus by promoting charity work and helping those affected by the pandemic.


Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia

Supporters of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and mourners pray at the grave of former prime minister Khaleda Zia in Dhaka.
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Saudi leadership sends cables of condolences after passing of former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia

  • Zia died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Thursday sent a cable of condolences to the President of Bangladesh Mohammed Shahabuddin after the passing of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday.

The king prayed that God have mercy on Zia, forgive her sins, and admit her into paradise. He extended his condolences to the family of the deceased.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a similar cable.

On Wednesday, huge crowds had flocked to the area outside Bangladesh’s national parliament building in the capital to attend the funeral prayers for Zia, who died at the age of 80 after a prolonged illness.

Zia was buried in late afternoon with state honors beside the grave of her husband, a former president who was assassinated in a military coup in 1981, in a park outside the parliament building later Wednesday.