The European Commission has called upon all MEPs not to obstruct the talks between the EU and Libya with "improvised moves."

Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot said Wednesday that everyone should be careful not to tamper with what has already been achieved on the case of the five Bulgarian nurses jailed in Libya.

The EU had to thread discretely but firmly in this delicate situation, he explained. Libya, however should not forget that the future of its relationships with the EU depend on the solution of this problem, Barrot added.

Taking the rostrum again, after fierce opposition against such restrained attitude, Jacques Barrot added the Commission was "very determined" to secure the release of the six defendants.

Describing the case as a "major tragedy" for Bulgaria, Barrot said the executive regarded it as a "priority" matter and would "redouble" its efforts to free them.

However, he said this was a "very sensitive" issue and that the EU must be mindful of not "jeopardising wider issues".

The European Commission pledged Wednesday to "redouble" its efforts to secure the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor in Libya. The six deny infecting 426 children with HIV at a hospital in Libya in the late 1990s.

The now highly politicised case is complicating Libya's effort to normalise its international ties.

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