Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development of France Laurent Fabius and the accompanying delegation arrived in Riyadh this evening.

At Riyadh airbase, he was received by Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Foreign Minister, Daham Al-Daham, the Director General of the Deputy Foreign Minister's office; Azzam bin Abdulkareem Al-Gain, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Protocol Affairs; Major General Khalid bin Fahd Al-Rodhan, Commander of Riyadh airbase; French ambassador to the Kingdom Bertrand Bezansnou and France's embassy staff.