The Mediterranean countries her European Union they will meet on Monday in her coastal town of Portoroz Sloveniain the context of the annual Med 9 summit. The summit has also been invited by King Abdullah II her of Jordanwith the aim of discussing the role of these countries in its future Gaza Strip after a possible truce agreement.

French President Emmanuel Macron will participate in Med 9 as he does every year, then pay a bilateral visit to Slovenia until Tuesday, the French presidency announced.

The leaders of the nine Med 9 countries – France, Greece, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia and Portugal – will seek to form one common vision for the important issues that will be raised in EU Summit in Brussels, according to Elysee.

Among their priorities is the acceleration of the plan to strengthen European competitiveness, as well as the discussion of the freezing of Russian assets in favor of Ukraine, as proposed by the European Commission. The President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will also be present at the meeting.

The discussion with the King of Jordan will concern Europe’s contribution to its stabilization Gaza Stripthe acceleration of humanitarian aid and reconstruction, following the agreement reached under Donald Trump’s plan, in hopes of ending the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement, according to an adviser to Macron.

After the summit, the French president will attend on Monday the signing of a logistics agreement between the French shipping company CMA-CGM and the port of Koper, before his meetings with the Slovenian leadership in Ljubljana.

On Tuesday, Macron will visit the Renault plant in Novo Mesto, which will produce electric Twingos, promoting the European support agenda for the production of small affordable electric cars made in Europeas announced by the Élysée.