U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres will attend a lunch with EU leaders during a gathering in Brussels on Mar. 19, according to two EU diplomats, as some countries call for a stronger defense of international law from the bloc.
The lunch with Guterres will likely focus on the situation in the Middle East, where a war between the United States, Israel and Iran — now in its second week — is disrupting trade and global energy markets.
Guterres has previously attended March editions of the European Council’s gathering.