THE CHAIRMAN OF SHOURA COUNCIL DR. SALIH BIN ABDULLAH BIN HOMAID CONGRATULATED THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE CROWN PRINCE AND THE SAUDI PEOPLE ON THE BLESSED EID AL-ADHA, WISHING THE SAUDI LEADERSHIP AND ISLAMIC COUNTRIES MANY HAPPY RETURNS, BLESSING AND PROSPERITY. FOLLOWING AN ORDINARY SESSION HELD HERE TODAY, THE COUNCIL'S SECRETARY GENERAL DR. SALIH BIN ABDULLAH ALMALIK SAID DR. BIN HOMAID EXPRESSED HIS CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND SECURITY PLANS DURING THIS YEAR'S HAJJ. HE ALSO EXPRESSED APPRECIATION OF THE GREAT EFFORTS EXERTED BY SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL BODIES AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICES PROVIDED FOR PILGRIMS WHICH ENABLED THEM TO PERFORM THEIR HAJJ RITUALS EASILY AND COMFORTABLY. THE CHAIRMAN NOTED THE QUANTUM LEAP IN JAMARAT BRIDGE AND THE GREAT RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE BUDGET ACHIEVED RECORD REVENUES LAST YEAR. DR. BIN HOMAID ALSO INDICATED THAT THE COUNCIL INVITED A NUMBER OF WORLD PARLIAMENTARY COUNCILS TO NOMINATE SOME MEMBERS TO PERFORM HAJJ RITUALS THIS YEAR, NOTING THAT THE GUESTS EXPRESSED THEIR BEST THANKS TO THE KING, THE CROWN PRINCE AND THE COUNCIL. DR.AL-MALIK ADDED THAT THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED TOPICS OF LOCAL AFFAIRS ON ITS AGENDA.
