French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced today that the decision of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on Saudi women's participation in the membership of Majlis Al-Shura and granting the women the right to vote and nominate as candidates in the upcoming municipal elections is a great progress for the Saudi society. In a press conference, spokesman of the French ministry of foreign affairs Bernard Valero said that his country welcomed this decision and it falls within the framework of reform steps that will be witnessed by the Saudi society.