RIYADH: The Hajj Ministry of the Kingdom of Saudi Arab asked the Umrah pilgrims to leave the country by Monday.

Spokesperson for the ministry Hatem Al-Qadi made the disclosure while talking to journalists on Sunday.

He said some 80 percent of Umrah pilgrims have already left the Kingdom after completing their religious rituals in Makkah and the rest have been asked to leave by Monday.

Different institutions remained prepared to receive the first of the Haj delegations arriving in Jeddah, he added. 

He also told journalists that a group of fifty pilgrims are scheduled to arrive into the country from South Africa next Saturdaym.

BDST: 1800 HRS, AGU 10, 2014