RIYADH: A Kuwaiti national and Saudi national recently reported missing have been discovered dead in Iraq, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has said.
“Two bodies found by Iraqi authorities are believed to be those of a missing Kuwaiti and his Saudi companion who had disappeared in the western Anbar province,” the foreign minister said.
He extended his sincere condolences to the families of the victims, Kuwait News Agency reported. Al-Sabah added that Foreign Ministry is coordinating closely with Iraqi authorities to investigate the circumstances of the deaths.
The minister directed the Kuwait Embassy in Baghdad to oversee the investigation and praised Iraq’s efforts in discovering the bodies of the deceased.