On 29 September 1980, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates the draft reply prepared by the French delegation to written question 221 put to the Council by Sir Frederic Bennett, a British member of the Assembly. The British member is keen to find out who are ‘all the parties involved’ who ‘should be called on to participate in working out and implementing’ a comprehensive settlement of the Middle East conflict. The draft reply indicates that the parties directly involved in the conflict should participate in the negotiations.