Mohammed Bin Salman: French meetings

Crown Prince and defence minister Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) Bin Abdelaziz found time in his crowded schedule for quickly-arranged talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, who arrived from the UAE on 10 November. The focus of the talks was Lebanon, a former French colony in which Paris maintains a strong interest, and in particular the fate of its Prime Minister Saad Hariri who resigned on 4 November while in riyadh The meeting was attended by Saudi foreign minister Adel Al-Jubeir.