AMMAN — Prime Minister Jafar Hassan on Thursday expressed his deepest condolences over the victims of a tragic bus accident on Wednesday in the Egyptian city of Nuweiba, which resulted in fatalities and injuries among Jordanian and Egyptian citizens.

 

Hassan directed all concerned authorities to take necessary measures to repatriate the bodies of the deceased to the Kingdom as quickly as possible, according to a Prime Ministry statement.

 

The prime minister also instructed officials to arrange the transfer of the injured for medical treatment in Jordan according to their health condition without delay.

 

He emphasised maintaining continuous coordination with Egyptian authorities to ensure full medical care for the injured until their recovery.

 

Also, Hassan sent a cable of condolences to Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly over the victims of the tragic accident.

 

He also wished the injured a speedy recovery.

 

Ten Jordanians died after a passenger bus carrying 43 people, including 22 Jordanians, overturned on the Dahab–Nuweiba highway in Egypt’s South Sinai Governorate.