The latest developments in the Middle East as well as European competitiveness will be at the center of the MED9 summit taking place in Portorož, Slovenia. Its king will also be present at the MED9 meeting of JordanAbdullah.

It is the first meeting of EU leaders just days after the Middle East peace deal was signed at the peace summit held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and shortly before the October 23 European Council meeting in Brussels.

It is expected to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East – with the participation of the King of Jordan – as well as issues of the European agenda, with an emphasis on the EU’s competitiveness. and in the next multiannual financial framework.

The prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis it is expected to underline the importance of the cooperation of European Mediterranean countries in challenges such as climate change, which requires more in terms of adaptation to natural disasters.

He is expected to speak about the 5X5 initiative that he announced from the floor of the Parliament for a meeting of the coastal countries of our region, which would include Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Turkey and Libya – countries that face common challenges, and which could cooperate on issues such as migration, protection of the marine environment, connectivity, demarcation of marine zones and civil protection.