Prabowo calls Indonesia the first country allowed to create a Hajj village in Mecca

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said the Indonesian government has been trying to have its own Hajj village in Saudi Arabia for a long time. Prabowo said that Indonesia is now the first country allowed by Saudi Arabia to build a Hajj village. “But thank God, the Saudi Arabian government agreed for the first time in history to build an Indonesian village in the city of Mecca. So I finally visited the Saudi Arabian government several times, I lobbied and maybe he felt sorry for us,” Prabowo said in his speech at the 1st Year Plenary Cabinet Session (SKP) of the Jakarta Government at the State Palace. Monday, said. (20/10/2025). SCROLL TO CONTINUE CONTENT Prabowo said it was the first time that Saudi Arabia had given permission to another country to own land in Mecca. The Saudi government, Prabowo continued, even revised the law to streamline the Indonesian Hajj Village project. “For the first time in history, a foreign country was allowed to own land, to own land in the holy city, the law was changed specifically for us, we are the first country, it is extraordinary,” he said. Prabowo aims for the Hajj village project for Indonesian pilgrims to be completed there soon. That way, the congregation can be well served while they worship in the Holy Land. “Hopefully it won’t be long until we have our own Hajj village, we arrange the facilities ourselves, we arrange everything so that there are no more shortcomings, or deviations or disappointments of our Hajj pilgrims,” ​​said Prabowo. Prabowo appreciated his government’s extraordinary achievements. Apart from that, it also made new history. “I think this is an extraordinary breakthrough, the first time in history that he changed the law, which allowed foreigners to own land, he offered the best land. Even though it had to be an open tender, if I’m not mistaken, the tender was closed this October,” he concluded. (fca/deck)