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Bulgaria presses EU to toughen stance on Hezbollah
[Ynet] Bulgaria urges EU to blacklist Hezbollah, accused of planning Burgas 2012 attack, which killed 5 IsraelisBulgaria urged other European governments on Monday to take a harder stance towards Hezbollah after blaming the Islamist movement for a bus bombing that killed five Israelis at a Bulgarian Black Sea resort last year. Bulgaria's implication of Hezbollah in the attack in the city of Burgas has reignited a debate over Europe's approach to the Shi'ite Mohammedan group. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov was expected to present detailed findings of an investigation into the July 2012 Burgas attack at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. On his way into the meeting, Mladenov told news hounds Europe should take collective measures against Hezbollah. Asked whether that meant the EU should blacklist the movement, he replied: "Given the fact that we've already made quite firm statements about where we believe the responsibility for that attack lies, I think the answer is quite obvious". Posted by: trailing wife 2013-02-19 |
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