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List of invitees to the U.S.-hosted Middle East peace conference in Annapolis
By The Associated Press
Tags: Israel, Annapolis 

The United States is inviting 49 countries, groups of nations, financial institutions and individuals to a Middle East peace conference it will host next week.

Israel and the Palestinians received their invitations Tuesday and U.S. embassies elsewhere were notifying the others, asking them to send their foreign ministers or other appropriate officials to the event, the State Department said.

Following is the full list of conference invitees. The representation for most invitees is not clear. The U.S. includes itself as an invitee.


  • The United States, host, to be represented by President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
  • Israel, to be represented by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.
  • Palestinians, to be represented by Palestinian Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and senior officials.

    Members of the international diplomatic quartet on the Middle East other than the United States:
  • The United Nations, to be represented by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
  • European Union presidency, to be represented by Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado.
  • European Union Commission, to be represented by EU External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner.
  • European Union High Representative for foreign affairs Javier Solana.
  • Russia, expected to be represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
  • Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the quartet special representative to the Middle East.

    Members of the Arab League committee tasked with pursuing a Saudi initiative for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal. Of these, only Egypt and Jordan have full diplomatic with Israel:
  • Arab League, to be represented by Secretary-General Amr Moussa.
  • Algeria
  • Bahrain
  • Egypt
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Morocco
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tunisia
  • Yemen

    Other members of the Arab League:
  • Iraq
  • Mauritania
  • Oman
  • United Arab Emirates

    Permanent members of the UN Security Council not included in above categories:
  • Britain
  • China
  • France

    Members of the Group of Eight industrialized countries not included in above categories:
  • Canada
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Japan

    Members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference not included in above categories:
  • Indonesia
  • Malaysia
  • Pakistan
  • Senegal
  • Turkey

    Other nations:
  • Brazil
  • Greece
  • India
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden

    Financial institutions invited as observers:
  • International Monetary Fund
  • World Bank

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