The Annapolis Conference took place in Annapolis, USA, with the participation of representatives of Israel, the PLO, the Quartet (European Union, United States, United Nations, and Russia), and representatives of most Arab League member states. The purpose of the summit was to restart the peace process, that had been frozen since 2001, and to pave a way for negotiations towards an Israeli-Palestinian final status peace agreement. The negotiations that took place following the summit brought the sides much closer together and reached understandings about the establishment of a Palestinian state and security arrangements, but ended with Prime Minister Olmert’s resignation, without an agreement being signed.