Najib's Working Visit At Invitation Of King Salman
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Channel: 7Edition · 2018 · News & Politics
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is on a five-day working visit to Saudi Arabia from yesterday, at the invitation of the King of Saudi Arabia, King Salman Abdulaziz Al-Saud. The visit, would enable the two leaders to discuss bilateral matters that had been agreed upon by the two countries during King Salman's maiden visit to Malaysia last year. The Prime Minister’s Office in a statement said, it is the intention of the Prime Minister to perform the ‘Umrah’ during this working visit and has invited his family members and a few acquaintances to accompany him. The delegation comprised his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor his mother Tun Rahah Mohammad Noah Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom, several family members and acquaintances, as well as his officers. The statement also stressed that the Prime Minister’s younger siblings and his acquaintances were making the trip to the Holy Land at their own expense. Only Tun Rahah had been on the flight to Saudi Arabia with Datuk Seri Najib. All the names of the family members and acquaintances were included in the official delegation list, to facilitate administrative procedures with Saudi Arabia for the umrah arrangement. The Prime Minister and his entourage were also accorded the status of state guests by the Saudi Arabian government.
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