Other attendees will include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, heads of state across the EU as well as Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney.
The EPC is an informal forum for European leaders to hold political and strategic discussions on issues of shared concern.
It was set up in 2022 after Russian’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and meets twice a year.
The theme of the summit in Dublin is “Europe – strong, secure, and connected”.
Leaders will discuss economic security, Ukraine, hybrid activity in Europe and democratic resilience.
Hybrid warfare or hybrid attacks are loose terms to describe non-military methods, for example cyberattacks, sabotage or misinformation, designed to exert pressure and destabilise an adversary.
On Thursday, taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Michéal Martin said that discussions for a European voice to represent the EU at US meetings with Russia on ending the war will “happen on the margins” of the summit.
He said Europe is “united” and “doesn’t believe in war”, and is “appalled” by the “Russian invasion of Ukraine”.
“Many member states [of the EU] feel an existential threat because of what has happened in Ukraine and the potential, if Ukraine was to fall, for further aggression on the European continent,” he told reporters at the summit in Dublin.
Martin added that he hopes there is progress amid talks with US envoy and Russia.
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are flying to Dublin today to update Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on talks with Russian president Vladimir Putin.