Paris, Ramadan 7, 1436, Jun 24, 2015, SPA -- The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced the holding of the Saudi-French Business Opportunity Forum on Oct. 2015 in Riyadh. The 1st forum was held on April 2013 in Paris and was attended by 1000 participants form the two sides, including large companies and government officials from both sides. On the other hand, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr. Taufiq bin Fozan Al-Rabia'ah, in the context of the visit of the Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, to the Republic of France, signed a cooperation program in the industrial domain with the French Ministry of Economy and Industry. The program included cooperation in promoting industrial exports, increasing of bilateral trade volume and information exchange. --SPA 00:03 LOCAL TIME 21:03 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w