The first ever Summit between the European Union has ended and the Council for Cooperation in the Persian Gulf, announced the press service of the Council of Ministers (GC) on its official Facebook page, BNT reported.
The event gave a clear political signal for the deepening of economic and political relations with the countries of the Persian Gulf, the IC indicated. The acting Prime Minister of Bulgaria Dimitar Glavchev
also took part in the meeting
We have very good relations with Saudi Arabia, I noted with satisfaction during my conversation in Brussels with Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Along with the development of bilateral relations, the focus of our conversation was also the importance of the relations between the EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council, the acting prime minister wrote on his Facebook profile.
After the end of the event, Dimitar Glavchev held a conversation with the President of France, Emmanuel Macron. The two discussed the upcoming meeting of the European Council, the close relations between the two countries and current international topics.
Leaders of the countries of the European Union and six countries of the Persian Gulf today held a first-of-its-kind summit against the backdrop of turmoil in the Middle East and tried to formulate a common position on the war in Ukraine and relations with Russia, reported early today The Associated Press.
Belgian Prime Minister Alexandre de Croix said the meeting was long overdue. and added that “economic ties between the European Union and the countries of the Persian Gulf must be strengthened”.