The relatives of the HIV sick Libyan children want USD 10 M compensation to be paid to each of the families so that the deal on the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor's release could be wrapped up.

The chairman of the children' families association Ramadan al-Fitouri said the demands have been made seven years ago and will not be changed.

Fitouri said there has already been reached an agreement on some other points such as the treatment of the children in Libya and abroad as well as the construction of a modern health centre in Benghazi.

"Some of the families still insist on executing the death sentences against the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor but a compromise still could be reached until the end of the next week," Ramadan al-Fitouri added.

The statement comes shortly after the Qaddafi humanitarian foundation, which is mediating the talks, said an out-of-court settlement between the EU and the families of the children could be announced as early as Friday.

The five nurses and a Palestinian doctor, who received Bulgarian citizenship earlier this week, are charged with deliberately infecting 426 Libyan children with HIV in Benghazi hospital.

They have spent the past eight years behind bars, while their case was tried twice, each time resulting in the same sentence.

Libya's Supreme Court will announce its decision on the final appeal of the death verdicts of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor on July 11.