The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Anwar Gargash, stressed that the obstacles imposed by Qatar on its pilgrims are the most important of its losses in managing its crisis.
"The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia calls on the State of Qatar to facilitate the procedures of its citizens in the performance of the obligatory pilgrimage," Gargash said in a tweet on the social networking site Twitter.
He added that «the obstacles imposed by Qatar on its pilgrims the most important fall in the management of the crisis, the priority that Qatar does not politicize Hajj and aware of the weakness of logic and argument».
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia issued a statement yesterday evening, calling on the concerned authorities in Qatar to facilitate the arrival of Qatari brothers wishing to perform Hajj and remove the obstacles imposed by the Government of Qatar to prevent them from coming to perform this great ritual.
The ministry stressed the keenness of the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to harness all possibilities to facilitate the arrival of pilgrims and Umrah pilgrims from the State of Qatar, as it does towards all Muslims who wish to perform Hajj and Umrah.
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah rejected claims made by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs that the government of Saudi Arabia is obstructing those wishing to visit the holy sites from Qataris or residents of the State of Qatar and not allowing the Hajj and Umrah campaigns to enter the Kingdom. . The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has launched several electronic links to enable Qataris and residents of Qatar to book their accommodation, contract services and come across any airline other than Qatar Airways to perform Umrah. These links are for Qatari citizens and residents in Qatar.
The Ministry stressed the Kingdom's total rejection of any attempt to politicize the Hajj and denouncing the political positions announced and declared between the two countries, which have their political circumstances and causes in the Hajj and Umrah. The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in Qatar should enable Qatari pilgrims and pilgrims to come to perform the rituals. Through all international airlines except Qatar Airways, and not to prevent them, and help them perform Hajj and Umrah without being involved in political matters.