Tuesday, 5 October Israel With that respect, Israel is glad to note the substantial improvements in the Palestinian economy, including its telecommunications market. Yet, there is more to be done, and Israel will continue to assist the Palestinians in that regard. address this topic. We would be glad for any oppor-tunity to cooperate on this important matter with the ITU as well as with regulation colleagues. Israel considers the objective of bridging the digital di-vide as a top priority for establishing a truly global in-formation Finally, I wish all of us fruitful and constructive discus-sions society. For this purpose, Israel is committed on all the important outstanding issues, instru-mental to the success of this key conference and the to continue to cooperate with the BDT in leading semi-nars in developing countries on advanced Information positive development of the telecommunications sec-tor and Telecommunication technologies. We have already led successful seminars in Vietnam and in Nepal and participated in others. We would also be glad to join any ITU initiative and sharing our know-how and expe-rience world-wide. with developing countries wherever is needed. Thank you. I hope that the recent resumption of the bilateral peace talks with the Palestinian Authority will ulti-mately prove to have marked a new era of peace and co-existence between the people of our region. As with regard to the telecommunications sector, Israel believes that the bilateral mechanism provided by the Interim Palestinian-Israeli Agreement, namely: the Joint Technical Committee, is the most appropri-ate and efficient way to discuss and resolve all issues between the two parties. 69