President of Transitional Military Council in Sudan General AbdulFattah Al-Burhan received at his office in the presidential palace today Saudi Ambassador to Sudan Ali bin Hassan Jaafar. Ambassador Ali Jaafar briefed the President of the Military Council on the directive of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to host 1000 pilgrims from the Republic of Sudan to perform Hajj for this year 1440H within the program of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for Hajj and Umrah under the supervision of Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Da'wah and Guidance. He pointed out that those covered by the directive represent (500) pilgrims of the Sudanese army and the families of the martyrs of the Sudanese forces participating in the operations of the Arab coalition forces in support of legitimacy in Yemen, and 500 pilgrims of the general brotherly Sudanese people.
