Madrid Conference of 1991

<p>The Madrid Conference of 1991 was a peace conference, held from 30 October to 1 November 1991 in <a href="/facts/Madrid/B63nL2DB">Madrid</a>, hosted by <a href="/facts/Spain/bIyrB8EY">Spain</a> and co-sponsored by the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> and the <a href="/facts/Soviet_Union/m7wWsPto">Soviet Union</a>. It was an attempt by the international community to revive the <a href="/facts/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_peace_process/bu9PhcfW">Israeli–Palestinian peace process</a> through negotiations, involving <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israel</a> and the <a href="/facts/Palestinians/DBnkAQ5l">Palestinians</a> as well as Arab countries, including <a href="/facts/Jordan/JC5sS1oJ">Jordan</a>, <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a> and <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a>.
</p><p>On 3 November, the conference was followed by bilateral negotiations between Israel and respectively the joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation, Lebanon and Syria. Subsequent bilateral meetings took place in Washington starting 9 December 1991. On 28 January 1992, multilateral negotiations about regional cooperation were started in Moscow, attended by Israel, the Jordanian-Palestinian delegation and the international community, but without Lebanon and Syria.
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Madrid Conference of 1991