05Feb2003 Prince Naif tours Makkah and the holy sites

Makkah, 5th Feb 2003

Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz, the Interior Minister and President of the Supreme Hajj Committee, today toured Makkah and the holy sites while he was briefed on the preparations, services, facilities and human resources provided by the relevant sectors to serve pilgrims.

At special emergency forces camps on the Makkah-Taif Road, where a speech party was held, Prince Naif was received by Prince Mohammed bin Naif bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Interior Minister for Security Affairs and Head of Public Security, and Lieutenant Gen. As’ad bin Abdul-Kareem Al-Furaih.

Prince Naif was accompanied on his tour by the Minister of Health, Dr Osama Shobokshi; Minister of Information, Dr Fouad bin Abdulsalam Al-Farsy; Minister of Hajj, Eyad bin Amin Madani; Minister of Commerce, Osama bin Jaafar Faqih; Minister of Communications, Dr Nasser bin Mohammed Al-Saloum; Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Dr Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Jarallah; Minister of Finance and National Economy, Dr Ibrahim bin Abdul Aziz Al-Assaf, and a number of ministers and high ranking officials.

Source: SPA

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