Saudi finance minister monitors expansion of Al-Masjid al-Nabawi: Report

14/01/2015 Argaam

Saudi Arabia’s finance minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf is regularly monitoring the expansion projects surrounding Al-Masjid al-Nabawi, or the Mosque of Prophet Mohamed, per directions of King Abdullah.


The project is progressing according to the planned schedule, Al-Assaf was quoted as saying in Al-Madinah newspaper.

The first phase of the expansion is currently being implemented​ to ​the eastern side ​of the mosque​, he said. 


According to data available on Argaam, King Abdullah has officially adopted the mosque’s final phases of development in the northern, eastern and western sides.

King Abdullah ​in 2013 had ​signed the expansion plan for the project, which will allow a visitor capacity of 1.6 million persons.

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