Prema izjavi glasnogovornika francuskog predsjednika Davida Martinona, Sarkozy i predsjednik EK Jose Manuel Barroso razgovarali su u nedjelju nekoliko puta telefonom "o rokovima za postizanje sporazuma o puštanju i trenutačnom povratku u domovinu pet bugarskih medicinskih sestara i palestinskog ljekara".
According to a statement by the French president's spokesman, David Martinon, Sarkozy and EC President Jose Manuel Barroso spoke several times by phone Sunday "to discuss the timetable for an agreement to have the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor released and repatriated immediately".