SOFIA - Bulgaria and Libya will set up a special fund for AIDS-infected children in Libya, where five Bulgarian nurses have been sentenced to death in an AIDS-related affair, the foreign ministry said on Friday. The announcement came two days before the five, along with a Palestinian doctor, are to appear before Libyaâs supreme court to appeal their convictions for âknowinglyâ transfusing AIDS-contaminated blood into more than 400 children.| I think we can all see the deal that's coming together. |
Bulgarian President Georgy Parvanov had said earlier Friday that Sofia would have to pay âa very high price,â which he did not specify, to win the release of the five nurses.
In an an interview in the 24 hours newspaper, the full text of which is to be published Saturday, Parvanov also said that negotiations between Bulgaria and Libya for the release of the nurses were well-advanced. âThere is light at the end of the tunnel,â he said, adding, âI sincerely hope that this would be their last Christmas in Libya.â