CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE HEARTFELT FEELINGS SPELLED OUT BY PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE INTERIOR MINISTER, IN HIS CABLE OF CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM ON BEHALF OF THE PERSONNEL OF THE INTERIOR MINISTRY ON THE OCCASION OF EID-AL-FITR. IN HIS CABLE OF REPLY, THE CROWN PRINCE SALUTED THE SECURITY MEN AND LAUDED THEIR TIRELESS EFFORTS IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR RELIGION, THE KING AND COUNTRY. IN HIS CABLE TO THE CROWN PRINCE, PRINCE NAIF HIGHLIGHTED THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE PLAYED BY THE SECURITY MEN TO ENABLE UMRAH (MINOR HAJJ) PERFORMERS TO PERFORM THEIR RITUALS IN COMFORT AND EASE. HE NOTED THAT THE PERFORMERS OF UMRAH DURING THE BLESSED MONTH OF RAMADAN HAD EXCEEDED THREE MILLION. THE NUMBER OF UMRAH PERFORMERS WHO CAME FROM ABROAD ROSE BY 20 PERCENT COMPARED TO THEIR NUMBER LAST YEAR.
