Saudi Ambassador to France Dr. Mohammed bin Ismail Al Al-Sheikh has held a reception in Paris on the 81st anniversary of the National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The reception was attended by former French Minister of Foreign Affairs Alliot-Marie, a number of senior officials, and heads of diplomatic missions of Arab, Islamic and friendly foreign countries in France. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the Saudi Ambassador expressed his greetings and congratulations to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince, the Second Deputy Premier and the Saudi people on the National Day. He commended the King for the new largest expansion in the history of the Holy Mosque of Makkah in addition to unprecedented projects in the holy sites in Makkah and Madina, praying to Allah Almighty to protect the Saudi leadership for the service of Islam and Muslims, noting that during the King's era, the Saudi economy has become one of the largest twenty economies in the world.
