Editing Foreign relations of Egypt (section)

===Israeli–Palestinian conflict===
Egypt has been seeking to play a role in the resolution of the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].

Egypt played an important role in the negotiations leading to the [[Madrid Conference of 1991]], which, under United States and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] sponsorship, brought together all parties in the region, including for the first time a Palestinian delegation, to discuss Middle East peace.

This support has continued to the present, with former President [[Hosni Mubarak]] often intervening personally to promote peace negotiations. In 1996, he hosted the Sharm El-Sheikh "Summit of the Peacemakers" attended by President [[Bill Clinton]] and other world leaders.

In 2000, he hosted two summits at [[Sharm El-Sheikh]] and one at [[Taba Summit|Taba]] in an effort to resume the Camp David negotiations suspended in July 2000, and in June 2003, Mubarak hosted President [[George W. Bush]] for another summit on Middle East peace process. Another summit was convened in Sharm El Sheik in early 2005, which was attended by Egypt, [[Israel]], the [[Palestinian Authority]] and [[Jordan]]. The former Egyptian Chief of Intelligence, General [[Omar Suleiman (politician)|Omar Suleiman]], played a role in negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides.