Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
The leaders of the European Union countries are accustomed to the start of the summit work, "scheduled every three months and lasts for two days", on the afternoon of the first day, which is Thursday, and to resume the work of the summit on the morning of the second day, but it was announced that the start date of the summit would be early before noon Thursday, when the leaders will participate with the Secretary-General The United Nations in a discussion over a working lunch .. European Union Council President Charles Michel said in his invitation to the leaders of member states to attend the summit, "We will start at 11:30 on Thursday with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, to join us in discussing a working lunch As in June 2021, I hope we will have a fruitful exchange on major geopolitical issues and global challenges.”
  And Michel's message, which was published in Brussels, came through a statement issued by the federal institutions.
In our next meeting, we will first discuss Ukraine. At the beginning of the meeting, President Zelensky will join us by video conference. And, as always, we will reaffirm our firm commitment to helping Ukraine. This includes pursuing work on accountability, using frozen Russian assets and rallying the global community behind the rules-based international order.
Crucially, since our last meeting in February, we have worked to urgently increase our production and deliveries of ammunition to Ukraine. Our aim is to supply Ukraine with 1 million rounds of ammunition within the next twelve months, ensuring adequate funding. To this end, we will need to take action. Measures to strengthen the manufacturing capacity of the European defense industry.
Building on the February European Council, which focused on a number of immediate measures, we will also discuss the long-term competitiveness of the EU and the deepening of the single market. In addition to the Authority's recent proposals on this issue, it is time to fully utilize our strengths and address our shortcomings. This includes studying ways to enhance the European Union's capacity for innovation, and strengthen our capital markets union in order to stimulate investment to strengthen our technology base and achieve green and digital transformations. We will also have an in-depth exchange of views on our trade policy in light of the current geopolitical context.
In the field of energy, ensuring security of supplies at reasonable prices remains our priority. We will discuss ways to achieve this goal.
At the European Council we convened in February, we commissioned the Council and the Commission to review the implementation of our conclusions on migration. So the President of the Commission and the Swedish Presidency will give us a brief debriefing of the matter.
On Friday, March 24, our European summit will be held in an inclusive form, whereby Christina Lagarde, "President of the European Central Bank" and Pascal Donohoe, "President of the Eurogroup" will join us to discuss the economic and financial situation. We will also address the coordination of our fiscal policies, exchange views on economic governance, and assess the financial structure of our economic and monetary union.