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."
Poseta je usledila u "okviru napora za puštanje na slobodu bugarskih medicinskih sestara i palestinskog doktora", navodi se u kraćem saopštenju Ervopske komisije (EK) i izražava nada da se "ova situacija, koja je toliko bolna i koja je toliko dugo trajala, može razrešiti u humanitarnom duhu".