Two days later the French sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that France will receive Mohammed bin Nayef as the “Crown Prince of a friend country in a very critical phase, which reveals Saudi-French relations as crucial and cooperation as essential amidst all crises and wars faced by the Middle East whether in Syria, Yemen, Iraq, and in the fight against terrorism, the attempt to relaunch the peace process and providing support for the stability of Lebanon and filling its institutional vacancy.