21/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - An error having slipped into EUROPE of 20 January, p.6, in our article on Mr. Gama's statement on the Middle East, please read: Mr. Gama felt (…) that it was necessary to overcome two obstacles represented by delay in beginning negotiations with Israel and the Palestinians (…) and delays in negotiations between Israel and Syria (and not "the refusal by Syria to open negotiations on Lebanon").