"The Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian physician (naturalized Bulgarian) will now be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel", said René Van der Linden, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), commenting the transfer of the Bulgarian medical staff to their country of origin. Praising the diplomatic efforts made by his European colleagues, the president of PACE said to be "relieved about this transfer, and about the fact that the drama of the nurses was over". However, he also manifested "preoccupation for the situation in Libya, which caused this humanitarian tragedy and the detention of the innocent nurses for eight years". "Now, the Libyan authorities wished Van der Linden, – should immediately solve the problem of the deplorable health system". Terry Davis was also satisfied of the result of the affair. He is the secretary general of the Council of Europe (COE). "I am happy to get to know about the Bulgarian medical staff reaching their houses. After eight years of psychological and physical suffering, they join their families and have the opportunity to recover normal lives. I am also thinking about the other victims of this tragic saga of incompetence and injustice: children. I hope they will receive adequate medical treatments after this agreement".
