The visit was made within "the framework of efforts for the release of the Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor", the European Commission (EC) said in a brief statement, voicing hope that "this situation, which is so painful and has continued for so long, can be resolved in a humanitarian spirit."
Posjet je uslijedio u "okviru napora za oslobađanje pet bugarskih medicinskih sestara i palestinskog liječnika", navodi se u kraćem priopćenju Europske komisije (EC) i izražava nada kako se "ova situacija, koja je toliko bolna i koja je toliko dugo trajala, može razriješiti u duhu humanosti".