RFC -> PI -> SOAP - escape characters

I'm trying to send following payload in an RFC to PI and then onword to SOAP (sharepoint webservice)

<Method ID="1" Cmd="New"><Field Name="Title">Added item</Field>

However PI replaces "<" into "& # 60 ;" and ">" into "& # 62 ;" (placed spaces in the characters else they are repalced)

how can i avoid the charaters "<" & ">" from being replaced

and post a well fromed xml to Microsoft sharepoint.