ALGIERS- President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika decided to grant an additional quota of 2,000 hajj (pilgrimage) passports to citizens aged over 70 and having participated in more than ten unsuccessful hajj draws, said on Tuesday a communiqué of the Ministry of Interior, Local Authorities and National Planning.
President Bouteflika has decided to grant 2,000 additional Hajj-2019 booklets to citizens, in all the wilayas of the country. The citizens concerned must be over 70 and participated in the Hajj draw at least 10 times.