JAKARTA (Antara): The United States of America has included Indonesia in the list of countries invited to the upcoming Annapolis Conference on Palestine and Israel, which will be held at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on Nov. 27, 2007.
The US Department of State in a press statement issued in Washington DC on Tuesday, announced that the US would host Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, Palestinian Authority President Abbas, along with members of the Quartet, members of the Arab League Follow-on Committee, the G-8, the permanent members of the UN Security Council, and other key international actors for the conference.
US Secretary Condoleezza Rice will host a dinner the preceding evening in Washington, where President Bush will deliver remarks. President Bush and the Israeli and Palestinian leaders will deliver speeches to open the formal conference in Annapolis, the press statement said.
"The Annapolis Conference will signal broad international support for the Israeli and Palestinian leaders’ courageous efforts, and will be a launching point for negotiations leading to the establishment of a Palestinian state and the realization of Israeli-Palestinian peace," the US Department of State said.
Those invited to attend the conference are the United States, Israel, Palestinian Authority, Algeria, Arab League secretary general, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, EU Commission, EU High Representative , Portugal as EU president , France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Quartet Special Envoy Tony Blair, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the UN secretary general, and Yemen. The IMF and the World Bank are also invited as observers.
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