Dhaka, March 2 -- Foreign ministers from four Middle Eastern nations have reached out to Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman to express condolences over the deaths of two Bangladeshi expatriates and assure the safety of the expat community amid the escalating regional conflict.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed in a media release on Monday that the top diplomats from Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Qatar held separate telephonic conversations with Khalilur.

The calls were made by Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Bahrain's Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Qatar's Minister of State for Foreign Aff...