The Saudi Ambassador to Paris, Muhammed Bin Ismail Aal Al-Sheikh, has said that the Green Shield 2 joint military exercises at Dijon Base in France show the strength of military cooperation between the Kingdom and France. Al-Sheikh said relations would develop even further on the back of “decades-long cooperation” between the two countries in air and naval defense, having taken “new dimensions” in the scores of Saudi military students being trained at French institutions. “The Green Shield 2 training with the Saudi Royal Air Force and the French Air Force is one of the most sophisticated military drills the Saudi Royal Air Force has so far carried out outside the Kingdom,” Al-Sheikh said. Five Saudi F-15 C-D jet fighters with their technical and support crews are taking part in the drill.
