Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hold talks with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, extreme left, and Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Riyadh on Monday. (SPA)

France and the Kingdom enjoy great confidence and mutual trust, which could help the two countries forge ahead in bilateral relations, said French Prime Minister Manuel Valls in Riyadh on Monday.

Valls was making the opening address at the Second Saudi-French Business Opportunities Forum.

A high-power French delegation comprising Foreign Affairs and International Development Minister Laurent Fabius, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Economy and Industry Minister Emmanuel Macron and Commerce is taking part in the event. The forum has also attracted representatives from more than 100 French companies.

More than 650 business and official participants took part in the first edition of the forum held in Paris in April 2013.

A number of bilateral agreements between the Kingdom and France worth billions of riyals will be signed in Riyadh during the forum on Tuesday.

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