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Bulgaria urges Libya to make swift decision on nurses sentenced to death |
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07:57, July 12, 2007 |
Bulgaria has urged Libya to bring a swift conclusion to the case of five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death for infecting 426 Libyan children with AIDS, BTA news agency reported on Wednesday.
"It's a pity that the decision today did not surprise us," Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov said.
Earlier in the day, Libya's Supreme Court confirmed the death sentences for the five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor, who were arrested in 1999 and sentenced to death for infecting local children with HIV during experiments in a hospital in the Libyan city of Benghazi.
"We expect and insist on a swift summons and decisions on the side of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of Libya for the final outcome," the president added.
After the ruling of the Supreme Court, the SJC will review the case on July 16.
Parvanov thanked the European Union and other countries for supporting Bulgaria on this case. Bulgaria's EU allies and Washington had been trying to secure the release of the nurses and the case has blocked Libya's efforts to deepen its links with the west.
The president also called on the Bulgaria media to observe restraint in reports to avoid situation changes.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev also appealed to the SJC to conclude the judicial procedures of the long-running case and leave it to political maneuvers.
The Foreign Ministry of Bulgaria refused to comment further on Wednesday's decision, saying Bulgaria is ready to react according to the development of the issue.
Source: Xinhua
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