Prime minister Rumen Radev is in Brussels for a two-day European Council summit on 15 and 16 October, the government press office said.

Radev will also attend a meeting of the "Friends of Cohesion" group and a review of the "One Europe, One Market" roadmap. He is also due to hold talks with other EU leaders.

The leaders will discuss Europe's competitiveness and the challenges it faces, energy prices and the EU's 2028–2034 long-term budget, the Council of Ministers said. The war in Ukraine, migration, EU enlargement and the situation in the Middle East are also on the agenda.

In his letter to participants, European Council president António Costa listed the state of the economy, support for Ukraine, Russia's hybrid actions, migration, EU enlargement and the situation in the Middle East.