Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques receives ministers, officials
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received at Safa Palace in Makkah today Qatar's Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr Al Thani and his accompanying delegation.
The King also received Prince Dr. Bandar bin Salman bin Mohammed Al Saud, Advisor to the King, and Chairman of Call Committee in Africa and members of the Committee accompanied by 34 religious propagators representing 34 African countries participating in the Committee's 17th Forum being held this year under the title "Moderation in Islam''.
The King also received Minister of Hajj Dr. Fuad bin Abdulsalam Al-Farsi, the Ministry's undersecretaries and heads of national foundations for pilgrims guides and Cars' General Syndicate…….
For his part, the Minister of Hajj Dr. Fouad bin Abdulsalam Al-Farsy said that the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been mobilizing all its potentials through a system of public and private sectors that combine their efforts to enable pilgrims to perform all rituals easily and comfortably along with the provision of all their requirements and needs, noting that achievements on the ground speak for themselves.
Dr. Al-Farsy added that Makkah, Madinah and the holy places have been witnessing expansion in the fields of construction, opening more roads and tunnels, building bridges, upgrading facilities and services as well as the expansion of technologies and means of communications.
The Minister of Hajj addressing the King said that the tremendous achievements the King had ordered to be implemented had enabled the Ministry to carry out its tasks.
He recalled the King's saying during an audience with heads of Hajj missions in 1428H.,
" Dear brothers, in every Hajj season, we see in these Holy places the meeting of pilgrims. They came from the East and the West of the earth. I see in pilgrims all the world with its societies, cultures, customs, traditions and beliefs."