“We share the same concerns about peace and security in the whole region,” European Union diplomacy chief Josep Borrell has said, ahead of a working dinner with GCC foreign ministers, AFP reports.

The first EU-Gulf summit comes amid escalating Israeli attacks it says are targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and Borrell will participate in the EU-GCC meeting, along with the heads of the EU’s 27 nations, ahead of a European Union leaders’ summit on Thursday.

The EU did not say which GCC leaders would travel to Brussels but officials from the bloc said the Gulf countries would be represented by their heads of state or government.

The official Saudi Press Agency later confirmed that Prince Mohammed would attend. The EU has called for a ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza.