French President Macron lands in Saudi Arabia on surprise 'solidarity' visit

Home Middle East To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: French President Emmanuel Macron visits Saudi Arabia on October 21, 2026 REUTERS - Benoit Tessier 04:55 Issued on: 21/10/2026 - 17:54 ⁠French President Emmanuel ​Macron landed in Riyadh on Wednseday, ‌adding an ⁠unscheduled stop to his ‌ongoing tour of the Gulf ⁠region. The president's office said the visit aimed to demonstrate “France's solidarity” ​with Saudi Arabia in ‌the face of attacks launched by the ‌Houthis against its territory. Details by FRANCE 24 international affairs editor Douglas Herbert. Keywords for this article