The leaders said they were prepared to call a meeting of the European country-email-list Council if and when the Union's negotiator reported that decisive progress had been made. External relations Relations with Africa The European Council adopted conclusions on external relations, focusing on the EU's relations with Africa. Leaders agreed that a new level of the necessary resources to do so, including through the European External Investment Plan and the EU Trust Fund for Africa. The European Council welcomed the presentation of the Commission's initiative on a new Africa-Europe alliance for sustainable investments and jobs and calls for further action, including through.
Concrete proposals regarding the involvement of Member States. Following informal leaders' talks in Salzburg, the European Council welcomed the soon-to-be held first summit between the EU member states and the League of Arab States, hosted by Egypt on - February . Other issues discussed: Migration EU leaders they debated the issue of migration. They assessed the state of implementation of the decisions taken at the European Council in June and requested the continuation of work on all elements.