Brussels, 31/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - Avraham Burg and Ahmed Qurie, Presidents of the Knesset and the Palestinian Legislative Council, will speak before the European Parliament during a sullen session that will take place on 5 September in Strasbourg at 11: 30am. The two Presidents, who have never taken such actions before, will thus answer the invitation made by the European Parliament President Nicole Fontaine, during her visit to the Middle East last February. This step, felt Mrs. Fountain, "bears witness to the desire to peace and direct dialogue of the two parties, whatever the difficulties that remain, and that strongly felt during my visit to the Middle East". According to her, the present meeting of the Presidents of the Israeli and Palestinian Parliamentary Assemblies, which will be called on to ratify the peace agreements, also bears witness to their desire to see the European Union play a greater role "in the stabilisation of peace and development aid when the agreements have been signed, and their intention to reinforce the parliamentary dimension of this cooperation with the European Union.