UAE gifts special dates to Kerala to initiate Ramadan
The dates – the national fruit of the UAE and an integral symbol of Emirates heritage and identity – were presented by Jamal Husein Rahma Al Zaabi, Consulate General of the UAE in Thiruvananthapuram and South India (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu), to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at his official chambers in the Secretariat.
The ceremony, which marked both the start of the Holy Month of Ramadan and the first anniversary of the Chief Minister’s taking office, saw the Consul-General and Vijayan distribute some of the dates to a group of 30 differently-abled children and orphans.
Thanking the Chief Minister for his steady support, the Consul-General noted that the dates were entrusted to him so as to ensure their effective distribution to those who the wholesome and nutritious fruit would most benefit. The Consul-General observed that the function was an occasion to mark the flowering of the long-standing bilateral relationship and the historic people-to-people links between the UAE and Kerala.
source: b-live.in
