Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed on Tuesday that future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians will address all the issues which have been avoided in the past.

"Negotiations will address all the issues we have been avoiding, " the Israeli prime minister said while speaking at a Middle East conference in Annapolis, Maryland, which rallies representatives from more than 40 countries and international organizations.

"This will be an extremely difficult process for many of us," he added.

Addressing the conference after President George W. Bush and Palestinian leader President Mahmud Abbas, Olmert called on all parties concerned in the region to seize the "historical opportunity for peace" provided by the conference to kick off serious negotiations which could lead to a solution to the six- decade Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

He said the process could be difficult and even "tormenting" but there is no "substitute."

"Together we ...

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