Sat, May 26 2012

CARTOONS MIGHT AFFECT BULGARIA AND LIBYA'S DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

Wed, Feb 08 2006 17:01 CET

704 Views

The reprinting in Bulgarian media of cartoons of Prophet Mohammad deemed offensive might affect the relations between Bulgaria and Libya, representatives of the Foreign Ministry said.

Media in most Islamic countries published information on the appearance of the cartoons in Bulgarian newspapers. The attitude and reaction in each publication is different, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Dimitar Tsanchev said.

When the sentiments of so many people in Muslim countries are affected, Bulgaria should be ready for a reaction, Tsanchev said. Bulgarian citizens are advised to consider carefully travel to regions where tension arose after the publishing of the cartoons, Focus news agency reported.

UN secretary general Kofi Annan appealed for dialogue and a peaceful solution to the cartoon crisis. A declaration says the printing of the cartoons likely hurt the beliefs of many Muslims but turning to violence would not solve the issue.

  • Print
  • Send via email
  • Translate to
  • Share:

To post comments, please, Login or Register.


Please read the The Sofia Echo forum comments policy.

More in this category

Putin takes Russian presidency for historic third term

World leaders acknowledged Putin's victory with reservations, and international observers say the election was skewed in the former president's favour.

France elects first socialist president in nearly two decades

Hollande's call for more spending and economic growth has struck a chord with French voters.

Serge Sarkisian’s ruling party wins Armenian parliamentary elections – exit polls

Gallup International Association poll gives president Sarkisian’s party 44 per cent, while three main challengers alleged ‘machinations’ by ruling party in what – in contrast to 2008 – reportedly was a largely peaceful election.

Report: Only 14.5 per cent of people have access to free press

The Freedom House report says the media environment in the Middle East and North Africa underwent major improvements in 2011, but remained the worst-performing part of the world.

Don’t like the job, time to move on

Dissatisfaction with jobs is a global phenomenon and two-thirds of workers all over the world intend to look for another job in the near future, the survey concluded.

© 2000-2012, Sofia Echo Media Ltd.

Web Design by RIZN

Sofia Echo Media is part of the Economedia Group.
The news and information content on this website is provided by our editorial team and is copyrighted. Any unauthorised reproduction or use of it is strictly forbidden. Reproduction of this website's content is permitted only with prior written permission from the Editor-in-Chief, should be propertly acredited and provide an active link back to our site. Comments posted by the website's visitors are independent of the editorial materials and do not represent the views of sofiaecho.com. Sofia Echo Media cannot be held responsible for the statements contained in visitor comments. The percentаge change in the shares' prices are based on the price of the last transaction of the current session compared to the price of the last transaction of the previous session. Bulgarian Stock Exchange data is not real-time, but updated every 15 minutes, and should not be used as a basis for decisions about buying or selling stock options.