RELATIVES OF THE MEDICS IN LIBYA WITHOUT VISAS

Politics | September 19, 2001, Wednesday // 00:00

`The relatives of the Bulgarian medics in Libya haven`t received their visas yet,` the spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Elena Poptodorova announced. The journalists who want to be present at the trial also haven`t got their visas. The lawyer of the charged medics Vladimir Sheytanov has a visa. However, Sheytanov said that he will not go to the trail in case that the relatives do not receive visas. The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman expressed hope that the visas will be issued. The Ministry provided for he free accommodation of the relatives. The government granted for them BGN 12,000 financial aid. The money is to be used for the travel expenses of the relatives for the September 22 hearing in Tripoli. The Bulgarian medics are charged with intentionally infecting Libyan children with HIV. It is expected that the verdict will be announced on the September 22 trial.

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