Director of the Operations Center at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Sufian Qudah, said that the Ministry is following up on the death of a Jordanian pilgrim in Mecca.

The Ministry identified the Jordanian citizen as Nabeel Afeef Kamel, who died while performing the Hajj.

The Jordanian Consulate in Jeddah had begun procedures for burying the deceased in Saudi Arabia at the request of his family, Qudah added.

He expressed his sincere condolences to the family of the deceased.