Mansour receives complete file of Burgas blast

Bulgarian Chargé d'Affaires to Lebanon Plamen Tzolov handed Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour a warrant attached to a complete file of the Burgas bombing.

The file was sent by the Bulgarian Justice Ministry to the Lebanese Justice Ministry.

In this context, Tzolov said that Bulgaria is keen on maintaining a strong relationship with Lebanon, stressing that PM Najib Mikati was clear when he said that Lebanon is ready to cooperate with the Bulgarian authorities.

On Tuesday February 5th 2013, the Bulgarian authorities said that two individuals with links to Hezbollah were involved in a bomb attack on a bus in the Bulgarian resort of Burgas that killed five Israeli tourists, their Bulgarian driver and the bomber on July 2012.

Following the incident, Israel blamed the attack in the Black Sea city on Iran and Hezbollah.Both Hezbollah and Tehran denied responsibility and accused Israel of plotting and carrying out the blast.

The Netherlands said in August that the EU should follow the lead of the United States, which designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in the 1990s, a move that would enable the EU to freeze Hezbollah's assets in Europe.