MAURITANIAN MINISTER OF STATE AND HEAD OF THE MAURITANIAN HAJJ MISSION BISMILLAH-ALEIH OULD AHMAD HAS HIGHLIGHTED THE EFFORTS EXERTED BY SAUDI ARABIA TO ENABLE THE PILGRIMS PERFORM THEIR RITUALS IN EASE AND COMFORT. 'I DO APPRECIATE THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT TO MAKE THE HAJJ SEASON SUCCESSFUL', HE SAID IN A STATEMENT TODAY TO THE SAUDI PRESS AGENCY. HE HIGHLIGHTED THE EXISTING FRATERNAL RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI ARABIA AND MAURITANIA. IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT THE NUMBER OF THE MAURITANIAN PILGRIMS AMOUNTED TO 1, 800 DURING THIS YEAR'S HAJJ SEASON.