Sri Lanka Donates Essential Medicines Worth Over MVR 250,000 to Maldives

The Sri Lankan government has donated a shipment of essential medicines worth more than five million Sri Lankan rupees (equivalent to over MVR 250,000) to the Maldives. The donation was handed over during a special ceremony held on Thursday at the Ministry of Health and Mass Media in Colombo. The aid was given in response to a request from Maldives Minister of Health, Family and Welfare Geela Ali. The medicines were officially handed over by Sri Lanka's Minister of Health and Mass Media, Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa, to the Maldivian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Masood Imad. The donation involved participation from Sri Lanka's Medical Supplies Division, the State Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Corporation, and the Chamber of Pharmaceutical Industry. Speaking at the ceremony, High Commissioner Masood Imad expressed sincere gratitude on behalf of the Maldivian government and people to the government and people of Sri Lanka under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, highlighting the longstanding close ties between the two nations. The donation follows a visit to Sri Lanka by Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu from May 3 to May 6 this year, at the invitation of President Dissanayake.