European Parliament and Committee on Fisheries 20 January 2000, European Parliament resolution on the annual report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the results of the multiannual guidance programmes for the fishing fleets at the end of 1997 (COM(1999) 175 — C5-0109/1999 — 1999/2112(COS))

4. Believes that the negotiations initiated in Shepherdstown between Prime Minister Barak and Foreign Affairs Minister Faruk al-Shará hosted by President Clinton could be a fundamental step towards achieving definitive peace in the Middle East and also hopes to see progress on the humanitarian issues that stand between the two countries; 5.