Heads of states and heads of delegations at the Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid on October 30, 1991. Pictured front row from left to right: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and US President George Bush. Second row from left to right: Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq Al Sharra, Lebanese Foreign Minister Faris Bouez, his Soviet counterpart Boris Dmitriyevich Pankin, Israeli Premier Itzhak Shamir, US State Secretary James Baker and his Egyptian counterpart Amr Moussa. AFP
Gorbachev delivers a speech. EPA
Bush addresses delegations as Gorbachev listens. AFP
Former Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Amr Moussa. AFP
Former Spanish president Felipe Gonzalez delivers the inaugural speech. AFP
Head of medical services in the Gaza Strip from 1957 to 1960, Dr Haidar Abdel Shafi, addresses delegates. AFP
Former Palestinian negotiator Haidar Abdel Shafi. EPA
Former Syrian Foreign Minister Faruq Al Shara. AFP
Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. AFP
The Jordanian-Palestinian delegation (seen from back) faces the Israeli delegation. AFP