The first Hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia arrives for the first time since 2019

International

4-06-2022, 15:04

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Baghdad-INA

The first flight of this year's pilgrims arrived at Prince Muhammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah, coming from Indonesia .

358 pilgrims arrived on board the flight, where they were received by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah for Visiting Affairs, Muhammad bin Abdul Rahman Al-Bijawi, the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to the Kingdom, Abdulaziz Ahmed, and a number of officials from the General Authority of Civil Aviation and Taiba Airport Operation Company .

The Ministry pointed out that "once the pilgrims arrived at the airport entrance, they were greeted with bouquets of roses, various dishes of dates, in addition to packages of Zamzam water."

Source: SPA