Amman, September 2 (Petra) – Minister of Foreign and Expatriates Affairs Ayman Safadi received a phone call Wednesday from Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdel-Aty.

During the call, Abdel-Aty conveyed Egypt’s condolences to Jordan following a passenger bus accident earlier Wednesday on the Dahab-Nuweiba road in South Sinai, which resulted in several deaths and injuries.

He said the Egyptian authorities will provide all necessary facilities to care for the injured and complete procedures to repatriate the bodies of Jordanian citizens to the Kingdom.

Safadi, in turn, expressed Jordan’s condolences to Egypt for the Egyptian victims of the accident and wished the injured a speedy recovery.

He thanked his Egyptian counterpart for the efforts of the Egyptian government and institutions, as well as their cooperation and the facilities being provided to monitor the condition of the injured and facilitate the repatriation of the victims’ bodies to Jordan.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates and the Jordanian Embassy in Cairo are following up on the situation of Jordanian citizens to ensure the health and safety of the injured, provide them with necessary assistance and complete procedures for repatriating the bodies to the Kingdom.

//Petra// AK