Arab News en Francais was a media partner at the event in the Bristol Hotel PARIS: High-ranking French officials, ambassadors, directors of major French companies and economic consultants attended a seminar entitled “Saudi-French economic cooperation, towards a strategic partnership,” which was organised by the France-based think tank the Global Diwan and Saudi Arabia’s embassy at the Bristol Hotel in Paris yesterday. The seminar — in which Arab News en Francais was a Media partner — began with Eric Schell, the Global Diwan’s executive chairman, welcoming the audience, outlining the seminar and presenting its guest Nadhmi Al-Nasr, CEO of NEOM. That was followed by a brief address by Saudi ambassador to France Fahd bin Maayouf Al-Ruwaily, where he spoke about the Kingdom’s comprehensive advancement in light of Saudi Vision 2030, the most important development projects, the growing cooperation between the Kingdom and France in various sectors and ways to strengthen it towards a strategic partnership. Afterward, Al-Nasr presented a detailed review of the project’s foundations, its developmental goals and implementation steps, as well as an update on what has been completed and ways of cooperation and partnership with the French partners. The seminar included a panel discussion moderated by Arab News senior correspondent Rawan Radwan, with the participation of Al-Nasr and directors of major French companies investing in the Kingdom. The current economic and technical cooperation in the areas of investment between the two countries were reviewed, as well as the development of human resources, transfer of technology, energy and environment and future opportunities.