Saudi Arabia ready to consider expanding Mecca route initiative

JEDDAH: The government of Saudi Arabia is ready to consider expanding the implementation of the Mecca Route initiative to other countries interested in providing comfort to pilgrims performing the haj pilgrimage.

According to Saudi Arabia's director-general of Passports, Lt General Sulaiman al Yahya, his side has also started studying requests from other countries, applying for the implementation of the initiative for their haj pilgrims.