The Minister of Finance Dr. Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz Al-Assaf met here today with the French Minister of Industrial Renewal Arnaud Montebourg, currently on a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During the meeting, they discussed bilateral relations between the two countries in the fields of investment and industrial and economic cooperation, and the economic situations in the region and the European Union countries, as well as strengthening cooperation between the Kingdom and France in developmental projects and investment in Africa relating to food security and agricultural investments. The meeting was attended by French Ambassador to the Kingdom Bertrand Besancenot.