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Saudi FM Receives EU’s Borrell in AlUla for Talks on Gaza

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah receives High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell in AlUla on Monday. (SPA)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah receives High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell in AlUla on Monday. (SPA)
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Saudi FM Receives EU’s Borrell in AlUla for Talks on Gaza

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah receives High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell in AlUla on Monday. (SPA)
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah receives High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell in AlUla on Monday. (SPA)

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held talks in AlUla on Monday with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

They discussed relations and the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and its surroundings and efforts to address the situation, especially on the humanitarian level

Present at the meeting were the Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary for Political Affairs Ambassador, Dr. Saud Al-Sati, Saudi Ambassador and head of the Kingdom's mission to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community Haifa Al-Jedea, and Director of the European Union Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Talal Al-Enezi.

Earlier, Prince Faisal received his Dutch counterpart Hanke Bruins Slot for talks on bilateral relations and regional and international developments, including the conflict in Gaza.

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Hajj Pilgrims Embark on Day of Tashreeq

Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual as part of the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah, on June 16, 2024. (AFP)
Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual as part of the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah, on June 16, 2024. (AFP)
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Hajj Pilgrims Embark on Day of Tashreeq

Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual as part of the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah, on June 16, 2024. (AFP)
Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil ritual as part of the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah, on June 16, 2024. (AFP)

The Hajj pilgrims will embark on the day of Tashreeq on Monday, after arriving in Mina from Muzdalifah.

The pilgrims left Mount Arafat on Saturday evening to spend their night in Muzdalifah, where they collected pebbles to use in the symbolic stoning of pillars representing the devil.

The pilgrims performed the Tawaf al-Ifada at the Grand Mosque without incident due to the high level organization and crowd management.

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz congratulated on Sunday Muslims on the occasion of Eid al-Adha.

In a tweet on the X platform, he asked God Almighty for security and stability to prevail in Arab and Islamic nations and for security and stability to be maintained in Saudi Arabia and among its people.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, received on Sunday on behalf of King Salman, princes, the Kingdom’s Grand Mufti, clerics, ministers, invitees from Gulf countries and leaders of military sectors on the occasion of Eid and the Hajj pilgrimage.

He congratulated the gatherers on the occasion of Eid, and praised the leaders of security and military sectors involved in the Hajj for their great efforts in service of the pilgrims that have ensured that they have a smooth spiritual journey.

The state and its concerned sectors will continue to provide all services that will help in serving the visitors of the two holy mosques, he added before the gatherers at Mina palace.

More than 1.83 million Muslims performed Hajj in 2024, Saudi Hajj and Umrah Minister Tawfiq bin Fawzan al-Rabiah said in a briefing.