SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE DR. MOHAMMED BIN ISMAEL AL AL-SHEIKH MET WITH SENATOR DANIEL JOLIET WHO IS ALSO MEMBER OF THE SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND THE FRENCH GCC FRIENDSHIP GROUP. DURING THE MEETING, JOLIET PAID TRIBUTE TO THE PRESTIGIOUS STATUS OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AT THE REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARENAS. ON HIS PART, DR. AL AL-SHEIKH LAUDED THE RELATIONS BINDING THE KINGDOM AND FRANCE UNDER INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AND FRANCE'S PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC BENEFITING BOTH COUNTRIES AND PEOPLES. DURING THE MEETING, WAYS TO BOOST COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES WERE DISCUSSED. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY DR. ABDULLAH AL-KHATEEB, CULTURAL ATTACHE AND MAHMOUD QATTAN, POLITICAL AND INFORMATION ATTACHE OF THE SAUDI EMBASSY.
