The European Union is an active player in supporting efforts to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and contributes, also as a member of the so-called Middle East Quartet (US, EU, Russia and UN), to the Middle East Peace process.
EU relations with its southern neighbours features a regional dimension, the Union for the Mediterranean.
The EU also has a region-to-region relationship with the “Gulf Cooperation Council” (GCC) made up of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Furthermore, there are also bilateral EU-relations with Iran, Iraq and Yemen.