KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister of Malaysia Ismail Sabri Yaakob welcomed Saudi Ambassador to Malaysia Mahmoud bin Hussein Qattan in Putrajaya on Tuesday for iftar (breaking fast), where the officials also launched a program to distribute dates and copies of the Holy Qur’an.

The program is being implemented by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, represented by the religious attaché at the Saudi embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

The program aims to distribute 57 tons of dates to the Malaysian people. Also, more than 46,000 copies of the holy book translated into Malay by the King Fahd Complex for Printing the Holy Qur’an will be distributed to mosques and non-governmental organizations throughout the country.

The Malaysian prime minister thanked the Saudi leadership for their philanthropy.