After the homecoming of the six Bulgarian medics who were sentenced to life imprisonment for deliberate HIV infection, the appointment of a US ambassador to Libya could be discussed, US ambassador to Bulgaria John Beyrle said.

Though the US restored its embassy in Libya one year ago, no ambassador has yet assumed a post in Libya, he said as quoted by Bulgarian news agency BTA.

Beyrle also said that the outcome of the medics’ case depended on Bulgaria’s Justice Ministry employees and their Libyan counterparts.

The US was aware that everything that had to be done for the return of the medics is being done.

Beyrle also said that the US was happy when Libya’s supreme judicial council commuted the medics' death sentences to life imprisonment, but are also aware that the case is not closed.