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Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, shakes hands with Netherland's Prime Minister Dick Schoof during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council roundtable meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, shakes hands with Netherland's Prime Minister Dick Schoof during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council roundtable meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo speaks with the media as he arrives for an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud arrives for an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud arrives for an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, welcome Oman's Deputy Prime Minister for International Affairs Al Sayyid Asaad Tariq Taimur Al Said during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, welcome Oman's Deputy Prime Minister for International Affairs Al Sayyid Asaad Tariq Taimur Al Said during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, center, speaks with European Council President Charles Michel, center right, during a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, center, speaks with European Council President Charles Michel, center right, during a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

European Union heads of state pose with Gulf nation counterparts during a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

European Union heads of state pose with Gulf nation counterparts during a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, welcome United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, welcome United Arab Emirates Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, welcome Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, welcome Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

European Council President Charles Michel, front left, and Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, front center, pose with counterparts during a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

European Council President Charles Michel, front left, and Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, front center, pose with counterparts during a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, center, and and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, center right, attend an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council roundtable meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, center, and and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, center right, attend an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council roundtable meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

From left, Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, French President Emmanuel Macron, Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic during a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

From left, Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, French President Emmanuel Macron, Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro, Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic during a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, welcome Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperative Council Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, welcome Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperative Council Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

From left, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson pose during a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

From left, European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson pose during a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, speaks with Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud prior to a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, speaks with Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud prior to a group photo at an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attend an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council roundtable meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Saudi Arabia's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attend an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council roundtable meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, welcome Bahrain's Prime Minister Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)

European Council President Charles Michel, right, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, welcome Bahrain's Prime Minister Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa during an EU-Gulf Cooperation Council meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP)