Based on this reality, France is taking over Syria and Lebanon, while England is taking Iraq and Palestine, and these countries are placed under the direct guardianship of these two countries with an official mandate from the League of Nations, with the task of insuring to these new countries the necessary means to enable them to reach a sufficient degree of Political awareness and economic development qualifies them for independence and sovereignty. In implementation of these plans, negotiations were held between France and England in October 1915 on the determination of the spheres of influence of both countries in the event of the partition of the Ottoman Empire. The secret agreement on the subject was called the Sykes-Picot agreement as names of the two negotiators, Britain's Marc Sykes and Frenchman Francois Georges-Picot.