JAKARTA - Minister of Hajj and Umrah (Menhaj) Moch. Irfan Yusuf ensures that the preparation of Hajj services is almost complete ahead of the departure of the first batch of pilgrims, which is planned to be carried out on April 22, 2026.
"The readiness of Hajj services is almost 100 percent complete. The current stage is the final check of all services ahead of the Hajj operation," said Menhaj Moch. Irfan Yusuf in a press conference at the Presidential Staff Office in Jakarta, Wednesday, quoted by Antara.
He said that for accommodation for pilgrims, 177 hotels and 51 kitchens in Mecca and 100 hotels and 23 kitchens in Medina have been prepared. Not only that, he also ensured that adequate health services had been prepared in the two cities and were directly supervised by the Saudi German Hospital.
Irfan also ensured that all Nusuk cards had arrived in Indonesia and were expected to be distributed and activated by prospective pilgrims while in the Indonesian embarkation.
He conveyed the plan for the departure of the first batch of prospective pilgrims would be carried out on April 22, 2026 and the plan for return would begin on June 1, 2026.
In total, there are 16 departure embarkations with additional embarkations, namely in Cipondoh and Yogyakarta.
On the other hand, he conveyed that regional conflicts in the Middle East remained a concern for the government.
"The President asked us to make the safety and security of the pilgrims a top priority. He conveyed this when Ramadan was yesterday. Then we focus on the safety and security of the pilgrims," he explained.
He said that the President had ensured that as long as there was no further information from the Saudi Arabian Government, the Indonesian prospective pilgrims were ready to depart for the Holy Land.
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