Interior and Municipalities Minister, Nuhad Mashnouq, on Wednesday contacted his Iraqi counterpart, Qassem Al-Araji, to follow up on the case of the three Lebanese abducted in Iraq last Sunday.

In a statement by the Interior Ministry's Media Bureau, it affirmed that the Ministry, with its various apparatuses, has been following up on the case since the first hours of the abduction last Sunday night.

A security delegation from the Ministry was dispatched to Iraq to follow up on developments on the ground, statement said.

"The main concern of the Lebanese government, the Interior Ministry and the abductees' families is to ensure the safety of the three abductees and to ensure their speedy return to Lebanon through exerting every possible effort in this regard," statement said.

The statement urged all Lebanese and Arab media outlets to excercise utmost degrees of professional responsibility taking into account the abductees' families feelings. The statement called on media outlets not to broach the case of the Lebanese abducted for their own safety

Source: NNA