Farsi added that Makkah, Madinah and the holy places have been witnessing expansion in the fields of construction, opening more roads and tunnels, building bridges, upgrading facilities and services as well as the expansion of technologies and means of communications. The Minister of Hajj addressing the King said that the tremendous achievements that you have ordered to be implemented have enabled the ministry to carry out its tasks. He recalled the King's saying during an audience with heads of Hajj missions in 1428H., " Dear brothers, in every Hajj season, we see in these Holy places the meeting of pilgrims. They came from the East and the West of the earth. I see in pilgrims all the world with its societies, cultures, customs, traditions and beliefs." --More
