![EU and Arab league leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attend a group photo during the first Arab-European Summit on 24 February 2019 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. [Dan Kitwood/Getty Images]](http://mpc-journal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-03-at-10.44.50-e1554281354334.png)
![EU and Arab league leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK Prime Minister Theresa May, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Djibouti President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi attend a group photo during the first Arab-European Summit on 24 February 2019 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. [Dan Kitwood/Getty Images]](https://mpc-journal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Arab-League-EU-Summit-400x340.jpg)
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