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20:08, July 24, 2007 |
Five Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor jailed in Libya for allegedly infecting local children with HIV virus returned Bulgaria early Tuesday.
The six medics left Libya after an accord was reached with the European Union, which included measures to improve the medical care of children with AIDS in Libya and equip the hospital in the city of Benghazi.
A French governmental plane carrying the six Bulgarian medics landed at Sofia Airport at 9:49 a.m. local time (0649 GMT).
The first lady of France Cecilia Sarkozy and the European Union (EU)Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner were also on board.
They were welcomed by their families, as well as the country''s president Georgi Parvanov, Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev, National Assembly Chairman Georgi Pirinski and Foreign Minister Ivaylo Kalfin.
Parvanov pardoned the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor, who had been granted Bulgarian citizenship, shortly after they arrived at Sofia Airport.
"Expressing his belief in the innocence of the medical workers, and in line with the powers bestowed on him by the Bulgarian constitution, the Bulgarian President issues a decree pardoning them," the president said in a statement, read out by Ivaylo Kalfin at the airport.
The six then attended a special news conference, but none of them made any brief remarks.
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