Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is travelling to Brussels today, 16 October for the first summit between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, Bertalan Havasi, the Prime Minister’s press chief, informed.

The summit will be co-chaired by Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, who currently holds the rotating presidency of the GCC.

According to the European Council, the summit offers the EU an opportunity to establish closer partnerships with the GCC and its member states (the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Sultanate of Oman, the State of Qatar, and the State of Kuwait), which are ‘geostrategic partners in a period characterized by challenging geopolitical conditions.’

On Thursday and Friday, Viktor Orbán will also attend the European Council meeting in Brussels. The key agenda items will include Ukraine, the Middle East, competitiveness, migration, and foreign policy issues.

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