His Majesty begins official visit to France

His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, on Friday attended a working dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and held a tête-à-tête with the president on the Élysée Palace, Paris.

His Majesty was welcomed on arrival on the palace by Army Commander of the Presidency of the Republic Colonel Guillaume Chantereau. His Majesty then proceeded previous a static guard of honour earlier than being greeted by the French president.

Through the working dinner and tête-à-tête, His Majesty and the president mentioned issues of mutual curiosity to additional strengthen bilateral cooperation between the Sultanate and France, together with in fields of power, defence, safety, local weather change, economic system and commerce, in addition to efforts to reinforce the ASEAN-France Improvement Partnership.

His Majesty on Friday morning started the official go to to France with a go to to Matra, BAE Dynamics and Alena (MBDA) Missile Techniques; and held a gathering with Chairman and Chief Government Officer of TotalEnergies Patrick Pouyanné.

Accompanying His Majesty to the go to and conferences was His Royal Highness Prince ‘Abdul Mateen.

His Majesty first made a go to to MBDA in Le Plessis-Robinson, Paris, the place His Majesty was greeted by Chief Government Officer of MBDA Eric Beranger in addition to senior administration of the corporate.

At MBDA, His Majesty considered a video demonstration on the air defence techniques and was briefed on the services and products of MBDA by the chief govt officer.

His Majesty then considered a Package Mistral digital actuality simulator demonstration earlier than continuing to a launch space to view a static exhibition. MBDA is the one European group able to designing and producing missiles and missile techniques to fulfill the entire vary of present and future wants of the three branches of the armed forces (air, sea and land), and the one built-in defence firm to offer missiles and missile techniques for every department.

Within the afternoon, His Majesty met with TotalEnergies’ Patrick Pouyanné to debate problems with mutual curiosity corresponding to power and commerce at Plaza Athénée Resort in Paris.