The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd bin Abdulaziz chaired the cabinet's weekly session held at Al-Salam palace in Jeddah on Monday. At the outset of the session, the monarch praised Almighty Allah for the Kingdom's success in enabling pilgrims to perform Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam, easily and comfortably and for the divine honoring of this country to serve the holy sites and pilgrims. He prayed to Almighty Allah to accept Muslims' good deeds and to return pilgrims home safely. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) following the session, Dr. Fuad bin Abdulsalam Al-Farsi, the Minister of Culture and Information, said that the King expressed his great appreciation for the efforts exerted by the various public departments and bodies and private establishments and sectors in servicing pilgrims within the framework of the able capabilities that have contributed to achieving this high level of success in Hajj for the year 1425H. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques stressed that the Kingdom has been going ahead with the set up of developmental and organizational projects in the holy sites to further facilitate Hajj to enable pilgrims perform this ritual comfortably and safely. --More 2034 Local Time 1734 GMT
