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Saudi Foreign Minister Meets with US Senator in Munich

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah met on Friday with US Senator Chris Van Hollen in Munich. SPA
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah met on Friday with US Senator Chris Van Hollen in Munich. SPA
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Saudi Foreign Minister Meets with US Senator in Munich

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah met on Friday with US Senator Chris Van Hollen in Munich. SPA
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah met on Friday with US Senator Chris Van Hollen in Munich. SPA

Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah met on Friday with US Senator Chris Van Hollen, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference 2025 in Germany.
The two officials discussed regional and international developments and exchanged views on these matters.
The meeting was attended by Saudi Ambassador to Germany Prince Abdullah bin Khaled bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz and Advisor to the Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Prince Musab bin Mohammed Al Farhan.

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GASTAT: Number of Umrah Performers Rose by 31% in Q4 2024

The Saudi flag. Asharq Al-Awsat
The Saudi flag. Asharq Al-Awsat
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GASTAT: Number of Umrah Performers Rose by 31% in Q4 2024

The Saudi flag. Asharq Al-Awsat
The Saudi flag. Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), in its report on Umrah statistics for the fourth quarter of 2024, revealed on Thursday that the number of Umrah performers increased by 31% compared to the same quarter in 2023.

The report showed that males constituted about 53% of the Umrah performers, while females accounted for 47%. Saudi nationals comprised 4.5% of the total, with the Makkah Region recording the highest number of domestic Umrah performers.
The report also indicated a 26.2% increase in international Umrah performers compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Of these, 64.7% arrived with an Umrah visa. December saw the highest number of international Umrah performers at 38.2%, while November recorded the highest percentage of domestic Umrah performers completing the ritual for one time, representing 34% of the total.
Umrah statistics have been issued quarterly since 2024, detailing the numbers and percentages of domestic and international Umrah performers based on data from the Pilgrim Experience Program, along with approved statistical models.