More than two million pilgrims began this morning to ascend to Mina to spend the day of watering, following the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him), amid integration of services and capabilities prepared by the various authorities concerned with the affairs of Hajj and pilgrims, in implementation of the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince - may Allah protect them - to harness all capabilities and services in front of the delegations of the merciful to enable them to perform their rituals and rites with ease and ease in an atmosphere full of security and faith.

The security spokesman of the Ministry of Interior Major General Mansour al-Turki announced that the authorities involved in serving the pilgrims of the Holy Mosque of Allah are ready to receive the pilgrims in the holy sites. The security spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, Major General Mansour Al-Turki, announced that the authorities involved in serving the pilgrims at this stage are ready to receive the pilgrims in the holy sites, and all participants in the Hajj tasks in Makkah and the holy sites will carry out their tasks to facilitate the movement of pilgrims and their movement between Makkah and the holy sites, and on the road network that leads to the holy sites and roads within the sites."

Major General Mansour Al-Turki said. He added that the mission requires on the eighth of Dhu al-Hijjah to enable more than two million pilgrims to move from Makkah to Mina, and on the ninth to Arafat to stand at Arafat, then move to Muzdalifah and return to Mina, and this process takes about 48 hours from the dawn of the eighth day to the dawn of the tenth day, during which the pilgrims move from Makkah to the shrines, then stand at Arafat, then move after sunset of the ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah and return to Muzdalifah, then Mina, and begin operations to throw the jamarat and perform Tawaf al-Ifdha.

. This came in the speech in which Major General Al-Turki opened the first press conference for this year's Hajj 1439 AH, which was held at the General Security headquarters in Mina yesterday evening, with the participation of the official spokesperson of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah Hatem Qadi, the official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Meshal Al-Rubayan, the official spokesperson of the Red Crescent Authority Fahd Al-Hazmi, the official spokesperson of the Hajj security forces Colonel Sami Al-Shuwairkh, and the official spokesperson of the civil defense forces for this year's Hajj Colonel Mohammed Al-Qamash.