(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The European Union (EU) has invited the leaders of all 27
European Union member states and 17 European countries, including
Türkiye, to the first meeting of the European Political Community
(EPC), Trend reports citing Daily News .
Invitations to the meeting signed by European Council President
Charles Michel and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala were sent out
today, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The leaders will convene in the Czech capital Prague on Oct.
6.
Heads of state from the 27 EU member states and 17 European
countries such as Türkiye, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Azerbaijan,
Armenia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania,
North Macedonia, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, Lichtenstein,
Moldova and Georgia are invited to participate.
The European Political Community is a platform for political
coordination for European countries across the continent, aiming to
'bring together leaders from European countries on an equal footing
and in a spirit of unity, ideally once or twice a year,' said the
official.
All leaders will participate in an opening session and closing
dinner, hold bilateral talks and take part in smaller groups in
roundtable discussions on various topics such as security
stability, energy, climate, mobility and the economy.
EU leaders will hold an informal summit the following day.
The events will be hosted by the Czech government, which assumed
the rotating presidency of the council of the European Union in
July.
French President Emmanuel Macron proposed in May to set up the
European Political Community with the participation of EU countries
and neighbors to address common political and security
challenges.
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