Foreign ministry official meets Indian consul general in Jeddah

Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ branch in Makkah Mazin Hammad Al-Himali met with Indian Consul General Mohammed Shahid Alam in Jeddah on Monday.

The meeting was held on the occasion of the end of Alam’s tenure, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

Alam took over as India’s consul general in Jeddah in February 2021. He previously served in Jeddah as the Hajj consul from 2015 to 2018.

An upright officer of the Indian Foreign Service, he has now been posted to the Indian High Commission in London.