EXTERNAL ACTION / Gulf

European Foreign Affairs ministers call for strengthening of relations

Brussels, 18/10/2021 (Agence Europe)

The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, as well as several Member States’ foreign ministers, called on Monday 18 October for a strengthening of relations between the EU and the Gulf States.

Agreeing with ministers that the EU has “not paid much attention to the region”, the High Representative said that Europeans have an interest in closer relations with these countries. Swedish Deputy Minister Robert Rydberg called for a more active...