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Bulgarian President Parvanov (left) with his Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer in Vienna. Photo by BGNES
Bulgaria's Socialist President Georgi Parvanov has declared himself against an international military intervention in Libya where dictator Muammar Gaddafi is struggling for survival.
"I think that a military intervention now will not lead to resolving the problems, it might actually exacerbate them. Europe must instill respect with its assertiveness in requiring that all bloodshed be stopped, that this illegal pressure and inexplicable behavior of Colonel Gaddafi on the protesters be terminated – it does not fit any democratic ideas and frameworks," Parvanov stated in Vienna on Friday as cited by BTA.
He also declared that Europe must participate very actively in humanitarian missions in order to ease the immigration pressure that it faces.
"A military reaction must be the last possible reaction, all other possibilities must be utilized," said in the turn Austrian President Heinz Fischer who spoke together with Parvanov in Vienna.
The West in the face of the USA and NATO, and potentially with the involvement of EU structures, is likely to stage some form of military intervention in Libya as US President Barack Obama has confirmed that NATO is mulling intervention options.
Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has declared that Russia is against a foreign military intervention in Libya.
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