Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, who is also supervisor of the Saudi-French Permanent Coordination Committee, and French Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Fabius co-chaired the first meeting of the committee. During the meeting, they discussed mechanisms of joint cooperation between the two countries and coordinating works of the joint teams. They also reviewed fields of coordination which recently are launched in the sectors of energy, investment, armament, infrastructure projects, environment, aviation and public health. The meeting was attended by Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Foreign Minister; Khalid bin Abdulrahman Al-Issa, Minister of State and Cabinet's Member; Khalid bin Ali Al-Humaidan, Chief of General Intelligence; and a number of Saudi and French officials.
