The report prepared by the HIV experts Professor Collizi and Professor Luc Montaigner proves the innocence of Bulgarian defendants in Libya's HIV case. Bulgaria's Justice Minister Anton Stankov said that following the get-together of the Bulgarian interdepartmental committee on the Libyan case on Friday.

According to Stankov, the report insists that the HIV contamination in the Benghazi paediatric hospital started as an internal infection a year before the Bulgarian defendants took medical jobs there.

Stankov added that the committee does not dispose of the report and that the Cabinet should exact it from the Libyan government.

The committee decided to dispatch Bulgarian lawyer Plamen Yalmazov to Libya so that he can meet with the indigenous solicitor of the medics - Osman Bizanti - and help work out the defence.

The six Bulgarian medics sent a letter to the Foreign Ministry in Sofia to insist they were innocent and demand a speeded up trial.

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Solomon Passy commented that Bulgaria should be very careful in its action as it might have dangerous impact on the trial.

Five Bulgarian nurses and one doctor have been detained for four years in Libya. They are accused of intentionally infecting Libyan children with HIV.