Yves Odrian thanked Prince Miteb bin Abdullah for accepting the invitation and meeting with French officials, stressing that the meeting was positive and discussed many topics on which views between the two sides were identical. He added that this visit boosts communication between Riyadh and Paris. For his part, Prince Miteb bin Abdullah expressed his pleasure for the meeting, pointing out that during the meeting, they discussed a lot of aspects of cooperation between the Ministry of National Guard and the French Ministry of Defense, particularly in the aspects of armament and military training and benefiting from the French expertise in this aspect. In a statement to reporters, the Minister of National Guard hoped for continuing communication between the kingdom and France at all levels to serve the common interests and achieve the aspirations aspired by Saudi and French leaders.