The Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Echorouk:”The outlay for the 2009 Hadj or Pilgrimage will slump and the international biometric passport will be required for security reasons”
Saudi Ambassador in Algeria, Doctor Samy Abdallah Saleh
In an exclusive interview with “Echorouk” newspaper, his Excellency, the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Algeria, Doctor Samy Abdallah Saleh, dwelt on the preparedness and the conditions of reception and accommodation in Mecca and Medina offered by the relevant Saudi authorities to all pilgrims wishing to visit this year the holy places of Islam as part of the annual Hadj or the Omra (Small pilgrimage).