After the hostility and cultural incomprehension. Has the Arab-European summit launched a new phase of dialogue and understanding?

Relations between Arabs and Europeans are historically linked and linked at all ages, these relationships being imposed by geography before any other influence, the geographical proximity between Europe and the Arab world imposes a link between the two parties because from the neighborhood. The history of their relations is based on the dialogue of the Arab-European summit organized by Egypt Sunday in the seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, after other historical chapters of hostility, of wars, invasion and cultural misunderstandings between Europe and the Arab countries.

Organizational journey

According to the available data on the organization of the Arab-European Summit, it has been planned for years and is being organized for the Arab part in accordance with resolutions 147 and 148 of the Council of the League of Arab States, For the Approval of Resolution 691 of the Arab Summit held at the Dead Sea in Jordan in March 2017. EU leaders, for their part, discussed the proposal to organize the Arab summit. Arabic for the first time in September at their summit in Austria.

EU leaders announced on October 18 that the summit between EU leaders and the Arab League will be held in Egypt in February as part of efforts to form a new Euro-African alliance to fight illicit trafficking of migrants. In the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Austrian Foreign Minister Karen Kniessel, whose country is currently at the head of the EU, to make the necessary arrangements for the Arab-European Summit.

International participation

The Arab-European summit is the first of its kind at this level on the historical level and thus constitutes a historic summit within the meaning of this criterion: it is classified at the organizational level among the largest. The Arab League and the countries of the European Union include a total of 50 countries, including 22 Arab countries and 28 European countries. The other party will be present, according to Egypt that has declared to more than 40 executive authorities, between heads of state and kings and heads of government, and the summit established according to these data will testify to a considerable international presence.

The summit does not unfold in a vacuum. There are urgent needs and problems to organize. Each party wants to discuss many issues because of its relationship with the other party. Europeans are dominated by the issue of illegal immigration and security concerns raised by terrorism that has hit many of their countries. The European Union must establish a form of cooperation with Arab countries to reduce illegal immigration as an Arab country as a transit and transit route for such migration before it becomes a source, as well as cooperation in the field of the elimination of terrorism.

The priorities of the Arab countries are the consideration of the Middle East peace issue, regional conflicts and terrorism, and even if no unified agenda has been announced, this is a new mechanism. to present the views of both sides on the problems and challenges facing their countries at this stage. The Arab-European dialogue to reach an agreement on the fundamental problems that affect the parties, both in their region and in the world, especially under the slogan "Invest in stability"?