President of Bulgaria meets Qathafi, Shalqam expects solution for nurses crisis

The Bulgarian president Georgi Barvanov met with the Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qathafi in Tripoli in an attempt to end the crisis of the Bulgarian nurses who are accused of injecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV virus.

Prior to his meeting with the Libyan leader and the Bulgarian President visited Benghazi hospital where children who are infected are treated. He vowed to do all his best to help them.

Barvanov, who was received upon his arrival in Tripoli on Friday with complaints of scores of the relatives of the victims, expressed his sympathy with the affected children. He said that "Bulgaria is ready for treating them and making their life easy." However, 50 children died because of the illness, according to the Libyan authorities.