GAPS-MENA High Level Dialogue welcomes French Foreign Minister and more than 300 leaders from the Middle East, Europe and beyond

The GAPS-MENA High-Level Dialogue returned to Geneva for its third edition, bringing together foreign ministers, senior diplomats, special envoys, security thinkers, business leaders, journalists, and civil society actors from the region and beyond for two days of discreet, off- the- record dialogue. Among the participants was Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, reflecting France’s continued diplomatic engagement in support of a credible political horizon and renewed international momentum around the two-state solution.

Under the theme “The New Middle East Disorder: War, Realignment, and the Search for a New Regional Order”, participants worked through the region’s interlocking crises: a credible off ramp from the Iran war, the fragile openings in Lebanon and Syria, the decommissioning dilemma in Gaza, the deteriorating situation in the West Bank, Yemen and the Red Sea, and the question of whether economic connectivity can become resilience rather than exposure. The full dialogue report, covering Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and economic integration, is now available.