The Saudi-French Business Opportunities Forum will be held on October 12 and 13 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh, bringing together a number of senior officials, businessmen and academics from both sides.

The forum is scheduled to discuss ways to enhance long-term relations between the Kingdom and France, as well as present investment opportunities between the two countries. <The forum will discuss ways to strengthen long-term relations between the Kingdom and France, and will showcase investment opportunities in the two countries as well as organize various workshops and sessions covering a number of important sectors such as health care, energy and industry, building sustainable cities and others. <For its part, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry in the Kingdom invited interested businessmen, economists, academics and researchers to attend the activities of the forum and contribute to it by putting forward ideas and proposals until it comes to fruition. The first session of the forum was held in the French capital, Paris, and more than 500 participants from governments, experts, academics, researchers and businessmen in the two countries participated in it. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry hopes that those interested and wishing to register will visit the following website:

(www.saudifrenchforum.com)