Senior officials from the GCC and EU met in Brussels on 24 April 2025 for the second EU-GCC Regional Security Dialogue. The Dialogue is based on the Joint Declaration of the EU-GCC Summit on 16 October 2024, and recent meetings of the EU-GCC Joint Council, in which it was agreed to further enhance dialogue and cooperation on security. 

The meeting was co-chaired by high-level officials from the EEAS, the GCC Secretariat and from Kuwait as the Presidency of the GCC current session.

In the course of two sessions, participants had open and constructive exchanges focused on regional security issues and areas for cooperation between the GCC and the EU. 

In a first session, the delegations shared views on several issues of shared interest, notably in the Middle East and Ukraine.

In a second session, the EU and GCC representatives exchanged on progress and further steps to enhance cooperation in agreed areas, including counter-terrorism, maritime security, cyber and hybrid threats, non-proliferation and disarmament,  disaster prevention, preparedness and emergency management, as well as combating drug trafficking and international organised crime. 

The GCC-EU Regional Security Dialogue takes place on a regular basis, alternately in Riyadh and Brussels. The first iteration of the Dialogue took place on 24 January 2024 in Riyadh.