15/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - European Parliament President Pat Cox and a dozen or so Speakers of the European Union's national parliaments have responded to the appeal by the Speaker of the French National Assembly, Raymon Forni, inviting them to join in his initiative to accompany the Speaker of the Israeli Parliament on a visit to Ramallah to meet his Palestinian counterpart, Abu Ala. Raymond Forni had discussed this initiative with the Speaker of the Knesset, Avraham Burg, when the latter and the Speaker of the Palestinian Parliament visited Paris on 24 and 25 January.. The Speaker of the French National Assembly now hopes that Averaham Burg will keep his promise of going to the Palestinian Territories in the company of his European counterparts, a press release from the National Assembly stipulates.