Paris, Ramadan 07, 1436, June 24, 2015, SPA -- Foreign Minister of the Republic of France Laurent Fabius hailed relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and France as distinguished, stressing that the two countries have a desire to strengthen ties at all levels. In a statement to Al-Ekhbariah news channel on Tuesday, the French Foreign Minister expressed confidence that the visit of Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, to the Republic of France will achieve great success. He said that the relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and France are very excellent "as we decided together to make them ideal and at the highest level, and this desire to strengthen relations is being translated by such visits which are made at the highest levels, and through continued contact," expressing confidence that the visit will achieve great success. He added that he went to the Middle East to meet with the Egyptian president, the Jordanian monarch, the President of the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli Prime Minister, "on the basis of our analysis that progress in the Israeli-Palestinian issue must be made; that justice should be done for the Palestinians; and that just peace should be realized and this is a common position between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and France." --SPA 01:02 LOCAL TIME 22:02 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w