WORLD IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : Aeroflot to Fly Pilgrims to Mecca
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President Mikhail S. Gorbachev has ordered the operation of special Aeroflot flights to Saudi Arabia to allow Soviet Muslims to make the ritual pilgrimage to Mecca, his spokesman, Arkady A. Maslennikov, said. Starting in June, the flights are to leave for Jidda, Saudi Arabia, from Moscow and several other Soviet cities with large Muslim populations. The two nations do not have diplomatic relations.
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