The International Francophone Organization (IFO)'s secretary general Abdou Diouf, has welcomed the agreement leading to the release and eventual return to their country of the six Bulgarian medical personnel held for the last eight years in Libya, according to a statement issued Tuesday.
"I am happy about this fortunate outcome. I wish to salute the efforts deployed by the international community, and notably the sterling role played by the European Union and France," Diouf said.
Accused of deliberately contaminating 438 Libyan children with HIV/AIDS at Benghazi hospital, the five Bulgarian nurses and a naturalized Palestinian doctor have been detained in Libya for the last eight years.
According to the same source, Diouf also underscored the " personal involvement of the French head of state Nicolas Sarkozy, whose intervention contributed to the resolution of this crisis."
For many years, the IFO "has continued to appeal strongly for the immediate release of the six Bulgarian medical personnel accused of infecting 438 children with HIV/AIDS at Benghazi hospital," noted the former Senegalese head of state.
Since 1993, Bulgaria has been a member of IFO which is made up of 55 states and governments, and 13 country observers.
Source: Xinhua
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