Tunis, 12/02/2007 (Agence Europe) - The president of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, is on a visit to Tunis for a meeting of the EMPA bureau (Euro Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly Bureau: Euro Med). Pöttering is one of the co-presidents of the assembly and appealed for the next plenary session (16-17 March in the Tunisian capital) to focus more on inter-cultural dialogue. The EMPA bureau is seeking to set out the agenda for the annual plenary session on the basis of three draft resolutions on political, economic, financial and cultural aspects. Obtaining peace in the Middle East accounts for a lot of the discussions between parliamentarians from the European Parliament, parliaments from member states and those from southern and eastern countreis. A special session has been envisaged and will take place in June in Cairo to tackle the consequences of this conflict, as well as the possibilities for resolving it. EUROPE will be looking at the agenda decided on by the EMPA bureau in more detail. (fb)