Hijjah 11, 1431/Nov 17, 2010, SPA -- On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Naif Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, who is also Chairman of Hajj Supreme Committee, held at the Royal Court at Mina Palace here today the Annual Reception Ceremony for Presidents, Premiers, and Heads of Hajj missions who are performing Hajj rituals this year. The most prominent personalities who attended the ceremony included Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir; Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed; Gambia's President Yahya Jambi; Gabon's President Ali Bongo; Dagestan's President Mohammad Salam Muhammidov; Senegal's Premier Solomon Indeni; Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Arhabi; the Secretary General of The Cooperation Council for The Arab States of The Gulf (GCC) Abdulrahman Al-Atiyyah; Iraq's Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani; Malaysia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dato Sri Anifah; Lebanon's former Prime Minister Najib Mikati; Egypt's former Prime Minister Dr. Abdulaziz Hijazi, and Sultan Ismail Petra of Kelantan State. The ceremony was also attended by Prince Khalid Al-Faisal Ibn Abdulaziz, the Governor of Makkah Province, who is also Chairman of Hajj Central Committee; Prince Sultan Ibn Mohammed Ibn Saud Al-Kabir; Prince Dr. Mansour Ibn Meteb Ibn Abdulaziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs ; Prince Dr. Khalid Ibn Faisal Ibn Turki Al Saud, Deputy Chief of National Guard for the Western Sector; Prince Meshal Ibn Majed Ibn Abdulaziz, the Governor of Jeddah; Prince Turki Ibn Sultan Ibn Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Culture and Information; Prince Faisal Ibn Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz, President of Saudi Red Crescent Authority; a number of princes; ministers; Ulema; senior officials and ambassadors of Arab and Islamic countries. --More
