The haj quota for Malaysia this year will remain at 30,200.
Muslims pray during their annual haj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. (File pic)
KUALA LUMPUR: The Saudi Arabian embassy here has confirmed that the haj quota for Malaysia this year will remain at 30,200 pilgrims.
In a statement, it disputed a report carried by a news portal that Saudi Arabia had reduced the Malaysian haj quota, calling it completely baseless.
“The haj quota for Malaysian pilgrims has been fixed at 30,200 pilgrims,” it said.
It added that 8,000 pilgrimage visas had been issued by the embassy in its ongoing work in receiving the passports of Malaysian pilgrims and completing the necessary procedures on the same day, in coordination with the Malaysian pilgrim affairs authority.
The embassy added that the Saudi Arabian government was willing to do everything necessary to enable pilgrims to perform their duties. - FMT
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