Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Monday, April 13th 2015 [ME NewsWire]
The
French government has conferred the “Knight of the Legion of Honor”
award to Sheikh Khaled Juffali in recognition of his prominent
activities and efforts aimed at strengthening trade relations between
Saudi Arabia and France. The world-renowned Order is the highest
decoration bestowed in France, and recognizes distinguished services.
French
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia presented Sheikh Khaled
Juffali with the medal during a ceremony that was recently held in
Riyadh, in the presence of General Jean-Louis Georgelin, Grand
Chancellor of the Legion of Honor and Chancellor of the National Order
of Merit, who had flown in from Paris to chair the ceremony. The French
Legion of Honor was also awarded to a select group of Saudi
personalities.
The special awards ceremony was attended by a
number of senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
members of diplomatic missions accredited to the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia.
A French Embassy official said that more than 500 Saudis
have been awarded one of the two distinctions since France first
established official diplomatic relations with the Kingdom in the 1930s;
for their significant contributions to developing bilateral relations.
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