Mecca: Everything ready for the arrival of pilgrims from Bosnia and Herzegovina

(Patria) - 174 out of 2,222 citizens of our country will travel for Hajj tomorrow at 10:05 AM from Sarajevo International Airport, who will this year, organized by the Office for Hajj and Umrah of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina, perform the fifth Islamic duty.

A part of the staff of the Office for Hajj and Umrah, which ensures that everything proceeds safely, with dignity, and in an organized manner, has been in Saudi Arabia for several days.

– We have held a series of working meetings and, thank God, we can say that everything is ready and that the planned activities are proceeding according to the planned dynamics – confirmed the representative of the Office, Safet-ef. Karahmetović, on Radio BIR.

He explained that within the framework of the planned procedures, all necessary meetings have been held with the management of the "Abraj Meridien" hotel where the pilgrims will be accommodated, with representatives of the "Rifada" company that will provide service support, and that they also met with members of the representation of the Saudi Civil Aviation Agency at "King Abdulaziz" International Airport in Jeddah, where the planes with our pilgrims will land.

– We also met with representatives of the "Zemzem" company, the official service for the two holy mosques, as well as representatives of STC, i.e., the State Telecommunications Company. We have also held the necessary meetings with representatives of the Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia and the management of the private hospital "Dr. Ahmad Bishri", which will be responsible for medical support for all our pilgrims for the first time this year – stated Karahmetović.

Preparations also include organizing the arrival of pilgrims from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Jeddah, as well as the transfer to Mecca, then accommodation in hotels, and the distribution of accreditation.

– We have also secured office space for the needs of our Office for Hajj and Umrah, as well as an ambulance space with the necessary medicines and medical equipment, which will be operational throughout our stay in Saudi Arabia.

Those who wish will be able to purchase SIM cards with Saudi numbers immediately upon arrival at the hotel itself, which will be available starting today. Also, God willing, we have arranged a tour of Mešair, i.e., the places where the Hajj rituals will be performed, the day before our flights begin.

This includes Arafat, Muzdalifah, and Mina, and together with representatives of the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, we will visit the Haram al-Sharif again, in order to determine the exact guidelines and times for the arrival of our pilgrims at the place where the Umrah rituals are performed – said Karahmetović.

Furthermore, Karahmetović praised the work and commitment of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which, through the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, has carried out comprehensive preparations this year. Strict control measures have been introduced, with the aim of preventing illegal entry and performing Hajj without the necessary permits, which is certainly of great importance for the safety of all pilgrims and other visitors.

– Therefore, through this channel, we from the Technical Support Team, or the so-called advance party, as we are called in Saudi Arabia, especially appeal to our pilgrims to fully adhere to all regulations and instructions they will receive from guides and official staff.

We will need coordination, a lot of patience, and personal discipline, so that all rituals proceed peacefully and beneficially. Also, we want to tell our pilgrims and their family members, or inform them, that when assigning rooms, we have made maximum efforts to respect all their expressed wishes, except in very rare cases where, due to objective technical reasons, it was not possible – noted Karahmetović.

The team for preparing the arrival of our pilgrims, in addition to Karahmetović, includes Belmin Muharemović, expert associate and employee of the Office for Hajj and Umrah, then Bahrudin Čolo, dr. hafiz Maid Ibrahimović and Azrudin Smriko, as well as Muhidin Garanović, director of the Directorate for Economic and Financial Affairs of the Rijaset.