Presidents of Comoros, Ivory Coast perform Umrah during visit to Saudi Arabia

President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani arrives in Madinah to perform Umrah. (SPA)

President of the Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara performs Umrah at the Grand Mosque in Makkah. (SPA)

Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi receives President Osman Ghazali of the United Comoros Republic in Jeddah. (SPA)

• Comoros is an archipelagic country in the Indian Ocean, at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel off the eastern coast of Africa

JEDDAH: President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani performed the Muslim Umrah ritual during his visit to Saudi Arabia, state-run news agency reported on Tuesday.
Upon his arrival at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Assoumani was received by a number of officials from the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosque and the mosque’s special security force.
Aso on Tuesday, President of the Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara performed Umrah at the Grand Mosque.
Assoumani then headed to Jeddah, where he was received by Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Jalawi, adviser to the governor of Makkah region, and acting governor of Jeddah, along with a number of officials at King Abdulaziz International Airport.