In August 1993, Peres was on an official visit is Stockholm. He asked Norwegian Foreign Minister Johan Holst to join him in Stockholm and help overcome the remaining obstacles via telephone with Yassir Arafat in Tunis.
During seven hours of negotiation, the last issues of dispute were indeed resolved and a Declaration of Principles between lsrael and the PLO was finally concluded on August 18, 1993 (Abbas 1995:168-175: Savir 1994, Singer 1994).Negotiations on a mutual recognition between Israel and the PLO continued in paris, and via an intensive Norwegian shuttle between Tunis and Jerusalem. The letter confirming a mutual recognition were signed and exchanged between Arafat and Rabin on September 9, 1993.