"The officers, First Lt. Nabil Kilani and First Lt. Ahmad Qaisi, have been released in good health and they are now with the Jordanian mission in Darfur," Minister of State for Media Affairs Ali Ayed was quoted as saying by the official Petra news agency, without going into details.

Ayed said earlier that a ranking security team from the Public Security Department was due to leave Amman for Sudan to help ensure the release of the two officers who were kidnapped in Darfur on Saturday.

He pointed out that the two peacekeepers were kidnapped "because they worked with the United Nations and not because they were Jordanians".