Saudi Arabia to open consulate office in Bengaluru

Team Udayavani, Dec 5, 2018, 12:16 PM IST

Bengaluru: Dr Saudi Mohammed Alsati, Saudi Arabian ambassador met chief minister HD Kumaraswamy at Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday, December 4 and informed that Saudi Arabia will be shortly opening its consulate office in Bengaluru.

Mohammed Alsati expressed that nowadays many numbers of people are travelling from Bengaluru to Saudi Arabi hence people seeking Saudi Visas has doubled. In order to meet such demands, they have decided to open a consulate office in Bengaluru.

He further informed that hundred years back a woman from Bengaluru had opened a school for girls at Mecca and requested that he would be very grateful if the government shares information of her descendants living in the city so that they can honour the family.