The key figures behind the signing of the Camp David Accords in 1978 were Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and United States President Jimmy Carter. The accords were signed after two weeks of negotiations at the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland. The accords resulted in a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, the first between Israel and an Arab country, and led to the return of the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. The accords were seen as a significant achievement in the effort to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict.