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Tunisian President, Saudi Interior Minister Discuss Bilateral Relations, Security Cooperation

Tunisian President Kais Saied and Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meet at the Carthage Presidential Palace on Sunday. (SPA)
Tunisian President Kais Saied and Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meet at the Carthage Presidential Palace on Sunday. (SPA)
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Tunisian President, Saudi Interior Minister Discuss Bilateral Relations, Security Cooperation

Tunisian President Kais Saied and Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meet at the Carthage Presidential Palace on Sunday. (SPA)
Tunisian President Kais Saied and Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz meet at the Carthage Presidential Palace on Sunday. (SPA)

Tunisian President Kais Saied received on Sunday Saudi Minister of Interior Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz at the Carthage Presidential Palace.

Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud conveyed the greetings of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to Saied.

He also extended their best wishes for continued progress and prosperity for Tunisia and its people.

The officials reviewed bilateral relations and security cooperation between their countries.

The meeting was attended by several senior officials from Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.

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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.