Jordan vow after IS beheading of Japan hostage Goto
Jordan has vowed to do all it can to secure the release of a pilot captured by Islamic State, after a video was released appearing to show the beheading of a Japanese hostage.
Jordan echoed Japan in strongly condemning the murder of Kenji Goto.
The pilot, Lt Moaz al-Kasasbeh, was captured when his plane came down in December on a mission to support the US-led, anti-IS military coalition.
Jordan says it is willing to exchange an Iraqi prisoner for his safe return.
Government spokesman Mohammed al-Momeni told the official Petra news agency the administration was doing “everything it can to save the life and secure the release of its pilot”.
He said: “All state organisations have been mobilised to secure the proof of life that we require so that he can be freed and returned to his home.”
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