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Libya asks EU for full ties in exchange for medics

Libya has asked for a complete normalization with the European Union in talks over releasing six foreign medics jailed for allegedly infecting over 400 children with HIV, an official source in Libya said on Monday.

 

France's first lady and a top European Commission official flew to Libya on Sunday to try to secure the release to Bulgaria of the five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, already jailed for eight years. But a French diplomat said the main obstacle was money, with the Libyans holding out for more foreign cash and the EU refusing to pay compensation that might suggest an admission the medics are guilty. (AP)

 


פרסום ראשון: 07.23.07, 14:45