Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met with France’s Europe and Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noël Barrot during a visit to Saudi yesterday, according to state news agency SPA. The two ministers discussed bilateral ties, as well as their views on regional developments, including Israel’s attacks on Lebanon. The visit comes at the start of Barrot’s tour in the region that will take him to Qatar and Jordan before stopping in Israel and the West Bank.

Bin Farhan also discussed the escalating conflict in the region with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, SPA reported (here and here).

More finance cooperation with Qatar: Finance Minister Mohamed Al Jadaan inked an MoU with his Qatari counterpart Ali Al Kuwari on the sidelines of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Financial and Economic Cooperation Committee to boost cooperation between both states in financial policy, public sector laws and regulations, and knowledge sharing, in a bid to spur economic growth in the region, state news agency SPA reported.

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