Farsi delivered a speech in which he thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for the splendid successes of this year's Hajj season despite the big crowd of pilgrims that, with more than three million, exceeded all expectations, thanks to the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Crown Prince and the implemented plans, projects, programs and wise policy. The minister also said that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques has recently approved the largest budget in the history of the Kingdom, adding that the monarch said at that time that the objective was to continue expenditure on aspects that enhance sustainable development. The focus on allocating further appropriations for public and university education, including the building of schools and universities according to a strategic plan to support and promote development of Saudi citizens, is the most important weapon to uproot terrorism and extremism", he added. It was and still among your priorities to make further developments in the holy sites, he said, citing the expansion of the Masa'a between Safa and Marwa mountains at the Grand Mosque premises and the Jamarat Bridge in Mina. --More
