About 3 million foreign pilgrim arrives in 14 days

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21-08-2024, 11:14

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Baghdad-INA
The Border Ports Commission (BPC) announced on Wednesday, the entry of about 3 million foreign pilgrim within 14 days.

The spokesman for BPC, Alaa Al-Din Al-Qaisi, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The border ports recorded the entry of 2,937,112 foreign pilgrim to the country from August 6 to the 20th of the same month, while 1,328,484 of them left."

He added that "the nationalities of these pilgrim are from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Azerbaijan, in addition to different nationalities," noting that "the number of pilgrim is increasing."

He added, "There is great cooperation between the border crossings and the departments supporting their work, and there is integrated work between the Ports Authority and the Ministries of Health, Transport, Interior, and the rest of the ministries concerned with the Arbaeen visit for the purpose of organizing pilgrim to the holy city of Karbala."