AMMAN, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Jordan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said on Saturday that it was following up on reports of the kidnapping of two Jordanian businessmen in South Africa.
The ministry said the two were father and son and the kidnappers demanded a ransom for their release, according to a ministry statement obtained by Xinhua.
The ministry spokesman Sufian Qudah said the ministry's Operations Center and Jordanian Embassy in Pretoria have been closely monitoring the incident.
The embassy had asked South African Foreign Ministry to promptly search for the abductees and secure their freedom as soon as possible, Qudah noted.
The Jordanian ministry had formed a crisis task force that is working around the clock to deal with the incident and secure the release of the two men, he added.
