FACTBOX-Past Mideast peace talks in United States

(Reuters) - The United States will host a Middle East conference with Israelis and Palestinians this month aimed at pushing forward negotiations on Palestinian statehood. Here are details of high-level Middle East peace talks that have taken place before in the United States:

* September 5-17, 1978 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meet President Jimmy Carter for closed-door negotiations at Camp David in Maryland. They reach agreement on a framework for peace in the Middle East.

* September 28, 1995 - Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip is signed in Washington. After signing, U.S. President Bill Clinton hosts summit attended by King Hussein of Jordan, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

* October 15-23, 1998 - Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Arafat meet at Wye River conference centre on Maryland's Eastern Shore. All-night session results in agreement on the Wye River Memorandum, signed at White House on October 23.

* December 15-16, 1999 - Clinton meets Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara at the White House, then U.S. mediates talks at Blair House, in the highest level negotiations ever between the two countries.

* January 3-10, 2000 - Clinton joins Barak and al-Shara several times to help mediate peace talks in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Third round of negotiations is postponed after disagreement over the fate of a few hundred square yards of land by the Sea of Galilee.

* July 11-25, 2000 - Clinton holds summit with Barak and Arafat at Camp David. Marathon meetings collapsed without agreement on framework accord on final status issues.

(Reporting by Deborah Charles; Editing by Stuart Grudgings)