Iraq and Saudi Arabia discuss pilgrims affairs

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18-06-2022, 20:22

INA - BAGHDAD

Head of the Supreme Commission for Hajj and Umrah Sami Al-Masoudi discussed on Saturday, with the Emir of the northern region (Arar), Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the affairs of land transportation for pilgrims reaching to the holy lands.

Al-Masoudi discussed with the Emir the affairs of transporting Iraqi pilgrims by land and facilitating their passage to the Holy Land through the Arar border crossing with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia." said the Commission in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

He praised the great efforts made by the Saudi authorities in facilitating the affairs of grouping pilgrims and overcoming all obstacles to deliver them in comfort and safety.

For his part, Emir Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz expressed his happiness with the return of the pilgrims’ convoys via the Saudi Arar port, after a two-year hiatus due to the outbreak of COVID-19, expressing his absolute cooperation in providing the services that the brothers of Iraqi pilgrims deserve since their entry into the Kingdom’s lands until their arrival in the Kingdom to the residences in Medina.