Morocco sends 20 Albanians to pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia

Morocco will pay for the pilgrimage of 20 Kosovars to the Muslim holy shrines in Saudi Arabia.

The group will depart for the Islamic holy sites from Morocco and will make the trip with with the official delegation that represents Morocco in the annual rituals, that start shortly after the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

The move is made at the initiative of Prince Lalla Meriem, sister of King Mohammed VI. The Princess heads the Moroccan National Committee of Support to Kosovo.

A Moroccan contingent is currently deployed in the Albanian province for a humanitarian mission, part of the multinational force (KFORr), led by the NATO.