The Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met, before the start of the work of the MED9 Summit in Paphoswith the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

During the meeting, the priorities of the new European institutional cycle were discussed, with an emphasis on the immigration and EU competitiveness issues, which are on the agenda of the upcoming European Council Meeting.

The Euro-Mediterranean Summit began at noon on Friday, taking place under the shadow of the latest developments in the Middle East and the concern for further escalation in the wider region after Iran’s attacks against Israel

Present, in addition to the host Nikos Christodoulides, are Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, the French President Emmanuel Macron, the Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, the Croatian Andrej Plenkovic, the Maltese Robert Abela and the Slovenian Robert Globe. The “present” will also be given by the President of the Commission Ursula von der Leyen, as well as the Prime Minister of Jordan Abdullah, given that EU-Jordan relations will also be discussed.