Tsvetlin Yovchev, the new interior minister of Bulgaria, said โfurther evidence had been addedโ to an investigation implicating Hezbollah in the July 2012 bus bombing in Burgas (Sarafovo) that killed five Israelis and their Bulgarian driver.
There has been โno changeโ in Bulgariaโs viewโas expressed by former interior minister Tsvetan Tsvetanovโthat there is a โjustified assumptionโ that Hezbollah was behind the Burgas bombing, Yovchev said July 4.
โThere is no change in the Bulgarian position regarding the terrorist act in Sarafovo,โ Yovchev said. โI am familiar with all the facts and the investigation conclusions up to this moment. My expert opinion is that the assessment and the statement that followed are correct. I support them.โ
In June, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kristian Vigenin appeared to backtrack from Bulgariaโs investigation into the Burgas bombing that implicated Hezbollah, saying there was only an โindicationโ that Hezbollah was behind the attack. But Vigenin went on to clarify his remarks, telling Bulgariaโs Standart newspaper that Bulgaria had โnot reconsidered its stand on Hezbollahโ from the initial investigation.
American Jewish Committee Executive Director David Harris in a July 7 statement said Bulgaria, a European Union (EU) member state, โhas delivered another strong and forthright indictmentโ of Hezbollah. Harris called on the rest of the EU to โtake meaningful action to label Hezbollah a terrorist organization when they meet on July 22, and end the groupโs current ability to fundraise and recruit in Europe.โ
JNS
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