Kuwaiti committee for Gulf-war captives starts visit to Lebanon

A Kuwaiti delegation from the National Committee for the Issues of Detainees and the Missing in Kuwait arrived yesterday in Beirut under the chairmanship of Fahd al-Abdullah al-Khazam on three-day an official visit to Lebanon.

The delegation will hold consultations with Lebanese officials regarding the case of the Kuwaiti missing and captives in Iraq.

The delegation met yesterday with Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss. Lebanon's National News Agency said that during the visit, the Kuwaiti delegation told al-Hoss that the prisoners in Iraq include three Lebanese citizens.

The delegation is to notify Lebanese officials of the latest developments in the Kuwaiti captives' case and detainees from other countries held in Iraqi prisons for eight years.