Kuwait will host the 45th Gulf Summit, the eighth of its kind, on Sunday, with the participation of leaders and representatives of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman.

According to the official Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA), "The 45th Gulf Summit will be held at Bayan Palace in the Kuwaiti capital, with the attendance of the leaders of the Council of States and their representatives."

It explained that the summit "discusses a number of priority strategic issues, including regional security issues, enhancing Gulf economic integration, confronting regional and global challenges, and developments in the situation in Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen."

For its part, the Omani News Agency reported on Sunday that "Deputy Prime Minister for Cabinet Affairs, Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, left the country heading to Kuwait to head the Sultanate of Oman's delegation to the 45th Gulf Summit, which will be held later today."

According to the Qatar News Agency (QNA), the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is participating in the 45th Gulf Summit.

While the Vice President of the UAE, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, heads his country's delegation to the summit, on behalf of the country's President, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, according to the official news agency "WAM".

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have not yet announced the participants in the summit, which will be hosted by the Emir of Kuwait, Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, until 7:05 GMT.

Over the course of the 43-year journey of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Kuwait has hosted 7 summits out of 44 summits, all of which aimed to enhance Gulf action, achieve integration between the Council’s countries, and adopt common positions regarding regional and international developments.

The first Gulf summit was hosted by Kuwait in 1984, and the summits followed in 1991, 1997, 2003, 2009, 2013, and 2017.

The summit, hosted by the Kuwaiti capital today, Sunday, will be the eighth summit held in the country and coincides with the 45th session of the Supreme Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council, according to local media.