President Francois Hollande of the Republic of France stressed that the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and he have laid a road map for the Saudi-French relations, urging the businessmen of the two countries to benefit the political will in order to develop and push the relations of cooperation in all fields. During a meeting held today at the headquarters of the Council of Saudi Chambers in Riyadh, the French President thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and the Council of Saudi Chambers for the warm hospitality, stressing importance of the Saudi-French relations based on the two countries' role in the fields of international security, stability and peace. In his speech, Francois Hollande has lauded the Kingdom's position in the global economy, pointing out the volume of trade exchange between the two countries which is reached about euro 8 billion. "Our interest is that the French small and medium companies are to invest in the Kingdom, where an important agreement in the fields of health services and training was signed between the two countries," the French President said. He also that his meeting with the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques highlighted cooperation in the field of food industry in light of the Kingdom's policy towards providing food security in addition to cooperation on the field of renewable and clean energy. The French president stressed that France is ready to cooperate with the Kingdom in field of nuclear energy, confirming France's commitment to work on the stability of tax policies and facilitate the procedures for Saudi investors. --More 18:06 LOCAL TIME 15:06 GMT تغريد
