France and Saudi Arabia on Monday agreed to fund humanitarian projects aimed at assisting the Lebanese people, during a Paris meeting between their two foreign ministers, Jean-Yves Le Drian and Prince Faisal bin Farhan.
“As per the directions of the two countries’ leaderships, the discussions session witnessed follow-up on the bilateral coordination between the kingdom and France over the developments in Lebanon and the difficult situations that the Lebanese people are going through,” a statement said.
“It has been agreed to fund several primary humanitarian projects to assist the Lebanese people, as a first step of joint action between KSA and France to offer assistance in this regard,” the statement added.
It said that assistance will be offered to a number of hospitals and primary care health centers as well as to some educational institutions and NGOs that distribute infant milk and food to the most vulnerable segments of the population.