On Monday 21 February ministers from EU Member States and their counterparts from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries called for closer cooperation. This was the first Joint Council and Ministerial Meeting since 2016.
According to the joint declaration of the two presidencies adopted on this occasion, ministers agreed on the importance of strengthening GCC-EU relations in a wide range of areas, including political dialogue, regional security, counterterrorism, trade and investment,...