Clearly, the way is now open for US-Libya relations to move forward in the same way that the release of a group of Bulgarian nurses, who were jailed in Libya on charges of deliberately infecting Libyan children with AIDS, unblocked European Union-Libya relations. Indeed, Libya has also just strengthened its relations with the EU: Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s long-serving ruler, Muammar al-Gaddafi, recently declared that soon the two sides should be able to sign an Association agreement, giving Libyan goods access to European markets.
显然，现在美利关系可以用和欧盟—利比亚关系同样的方式向前发展：在欧盟—利比亚关系中，利比亚释放了关押在利比亚的一群被指控故意将艾滋病传染给利比亚儿童的保加利亚护士，这一事件为欧利关系扫清了障碍。事实上，利比亚也已经加强了其与欧盟的关系：执政多年的利比亚统治者卡扎菲之子塞伊夫·伊斯拉姆·卡扎菲最近宣布，利比亚和欧盟很快就能签署一个联系协定，这个协定将使利比亚的产品能够进入欧洲市场。