Jordan signed a Haj agreement with the Kingdom on Sunday. The agreement was signed by the visiting Jordanian Religious Affairs and Awqaf Minister Hayel Dawood and Saudi Minister of Haj Bandar Hajjar in Jeddah.

“Saudi Arabia iterated to the Jordanian delegation that it is committed to the continuation of the 20 percent reduction in the quota for foreign pilgrims due to the expansion project of the Grand Mosque,” a statement from the Haj Ministry said.

The Jordanian authorities commended the Haj arrangements in the previous year and praised the expansion project of the Grand Mosque in Makkah to ease the hardship of the increasing number of pilgrims every year, said the statement.

The Saudi minister also stressed the need to train and provide appropriate orientation programs for Jordanian pilgrims prior to their embarkation.

The Haj Ministry said that it has fixed the quota at 5,600 Jordanian pilgrims for Haj 2014.

The Jordanian Consul General in Jeddah Ali Mahmoud Gazzawi and other senior officials from Jordan were also present in the meeting.

Aside from its own nationals, Jordan also arranges Haj for Arab-Israeli citizens.