MINISTER OF INTERIOR PRINCE NAIF BIN ABDULAZIZ, WHO IS ALSO CHAIRMAN OF HAJJ HIGHER COMMITTEE, HAS LAUDED THE GOVERNMENT'S PREPAREDNESS AND COMPREHENSIVE FACILITIES FOR THIS YEAR'S HAJJ TO ENABLE PILGRIMS PERFORM THEIR RITUALS IN EASE AND COMFORT. HE MADE THESE REMARKS IN AN ANNUAL PRESS CONFERENCE ON HAJJ LAST NIGHT FOLLOWING AN AN INSPECTION TOUR OF HAJJ-RELATED GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES IN MAKKAH AND OTHER SACRED PLACES. PRINCE NAIF WELCOMED THE REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL AND FOREIGN MEDIA FOR COVERING MUSLIM'S GREAT ANNUAL EVENT. ON BEHALF OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL, PRINCE NAIF WELCOMED THE PILGRIMS WHO CAME TO PERFORM THIS YEAR'S HAJJ, WISHING THEM COMFORT AND SUCCESSFUL HAJJ, FORGIVENESS AND SAFE RETURN TO THEIR HOME-COUNTRIES. --MORE