High-Level Diplomatic Exchange Strengthens Bonds Between Future Leaders of the EU and GCC Kuwait, 27 October 2025. As part of an ongoing commitment to bolster people-to-people contacts between the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council, the second expanded edition of the ‘ Young Leaders in Regional Diplomacy ’ Programme successfully took place in Bruges and Brussels from 6 to 15 October 2025. This pioneering exchange, a result of collaboration between the EU and the GCC General