On March 31, the Chinese Embassy in Algeria and the Algerian Association for the Promotion of Youth Sports organized a Ramadan charity donation event in the town of Ould de Shebel, Algiers, donating daily necessities to 150 local poor families. Ambassador Li Jian, Chairman of the Association Chabri, Vice President of the Algiers Provincial Council Bashahi, former Minister of National Unity of Algiers Ben Habiles, and Chairman of the Algiers-China Friendship Association Debesh attended the donation event and had an iftar dinner with local residents.
At the donation ceremony, Ambassador Li said that solidarity and mutual assistance are not only the important meaning of Ramadan, but also the important concept to be conveyed by this event. China hopes to bring the two peoples closer together through solidarity and mutual assistance, and work together to overcome difficulties and challenges and create a better life. Today, the Chinese Embassy extends sincere Ramadan greetings to Algerian friends and donates cooking oil, rice, flour and other daily necessities to express the friendship of the Chinese people to the Algerian people. China is ready to provide assistance to more Afghan people in need and continue to deepen the traditional friendship between China and Afghanistan.
Chabri expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Chinese Embassy for its generous donation of daily necessities to poor families in Afghanistan during Ramadan, which is a vivid practice of solidarity and mutual assistance between the people of Afghanistan and China. The association is willing to continue to deepen cooperation with China, focus on helping more poor families in Afghanistan improve their lives, and jointly promote people-to-people ties between Afghanistan and China.
Ben Habiles fondly recalled the selfless assistance and strong support given by the Chinese government to Afghanistan since the Afghan War of Independence, and stressed that the friendship between Afghanistan and China is still as solid as a rock despite the changes in the international situation. Today's donation is another long-standing act of selfless assistance provided by China to the Afghan people, for which the Afghan people are deeply grateful.
Debesh highly praised the Chinese side for respecting the religious customs and cultural traditions of Afghanistan and for taking concrete actions to enhance the friendship between the Argentine and Chinese peoples, stressing that China is a good friend and good brother of Afghanistan, and that the Arab-Chinese Friendship Association is willing to further strengthen cooperation with the Chinese embassy and convey the friendship of Chinese friends to all Afghan people in need.
A total of about 100 people from both China and Argentina attended the iftar banquet. Everyone shared traditional Argentine cuisine and had a warm and friendly conversation to talk about the deep friendship between China and Argentina. Afghan media such as Shuguang TV and Motherland TV reported on the event.