US President George W Bush has warned "difficult compromises" will be needed to secure an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal at talks due to open later today in Maryland. Speaking at a dinner yesterday, for the main participants, Bush however insisted that Israeli and Palestinian leaders were committed to making them. He was speaking on the eve of the most important Middle East talks in years, BBC reported today. More than 40 organizations and countries, including Saudi Arabia and Syria, are attending the conference. The Bush administration hopes that the meeting in Annapolis, Maryland, will kick-start the first Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in seven years - a programme of meetings over the next year or so, which will lead to a Palestinian state.
