On 26 July 1979, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates the draft reply to Recommendation 335 prepared by the French delegation to the Council. The draft mentions that the replies to Recommendations 297 and 325 already outline the reasons why armaments cooperation between European countries is necessary. The Council reaffirms the importance it attaches to the continuation of the work with a view to achieving genuine cooperation on specific programmes, particularly within the Standing Armaments Committee (SAC) and the independent European Programme Group (IEPG). When the SAC’s final report on the armaments industry in Europe is received, the Council will consider how the Assembly might be informed of its content. On the matter of trade in arms in areas where peace is threatened, solutions cannot be sought in the European framework alone, given the different political factors in each country.