MOFA: Iraq and Kuwait discuss efforts to search for the missing 

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral Affairs and Legal Affairs, Qahtan Taha Khalaf, headed the Iraqi delegation participating in the meetings of the Tripartite Committee, session (52) and the Technical Subcommittee session (118) concerned with searching for missing Iraqis and Kuwaitis. 

A statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated that "the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Multilateral Affairs and Legal Affairs, Qahtan Taha Khalaf, headed the Iraqi delegation, which includes in its membership representatives from the ministries of defense and health to participate in the work of the meetings of the Tripartite Committee session (52) and the technical subcommittee of the session. (118) concerned with searching for the missing Iraqis and Kuwaitis as a result of the second Gulf War in 1991, held in the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Amman, for the period 11/29-2021/12/2, headed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, and with the participation of representatives from the State of Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom The United States, the United States of America and the Republic of France, and in the presence of representatives of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) as an observer. 

In addition to that, "The meetings dealt with discussing the efforts exerted in the search and investigation of the missing, as Taha expressed the keenness of the Iraqi government and people to exert the utmost levels of cooperation based on brotherhood and in line with Iraq's international obligations in this regard and the requirements of this humanitarian file." 

Taha continued: "It was also during these closed meetings 30 files for missing," adding that he "was found remains in the desert of Al-Muthanna (Samawa) during the years 2019 and 2020, and to identify their identities after a matching (DNA) with their families.". 

  The Ministry Iraqi Foreign Ministry, according to the statement, expressed its deepest condolences and solidarity with their families, asking God Almighty to inspire their families patience and solace, and dwell in their vast gardens.