Lee and ministers visit Saudi cities of Madinah and Al Ula

Accompanying PM Lee Hsien Loong on the visit were (from left) Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, Social and Family Development Minister and Second Minister for Health Masagos Zulkifli, and Manpower Minister and Second Minister for Trade and Industry Tan See Leng. -- The Straits Times/ANN

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong and three Singapore ministers were hosted by the Saudi government to visit Madinah, also known as the Luminous City, on Thursday.

It is the second-holiest city in Islam after Makkah.