RIYADH: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), received at his office in Riyadh Alexandre Ziegler, director of Minister’s Cabinet — French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and an accompanying delegation.

The delegation included Bertrand Besancenot, ambassador of France to Saudi Arabia and Remy Rioux, deputy secretary-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, in charge of economic issues.

The meeting was also attended by a delegation from the prince’s private office.

The attendees were Nada Alsugair, executive director, finance and administration, Hassna Alturki, executive manager for International Relations to the chairman and Ahmad Altobaishi, executive assistant to the chairman.

From KHC, the delegation included Mohamed Fahmy Solaiman, KHC’s CFO and Heba Fatani, senior executive manager, corporate communications Department.

During the meeting, Prince Alwaleed and Ziegler discussed political, economic and cultural matters.

They also discussed the economic bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and France, and the strong relations between the prince and France, especially KHC’s investments in France.