During a high-profile visit to Paris, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and French President Emmanuel Macron signed multiple agreements covering various sectors such as energy, artificial intelligence, aviation financing, transport, health, defense, and tourism. The most notable agreement was the plan for a six-billion-euro amusement park near Cergy-Pontoise, approximately 30km northwest of Paris. This project, expected to create around 22,000 jobs, will consist of three theme parks, including one themed on manga. The Saudi investment arm, Qiddiya, will lead the development. President Macron described the project as "extraordinary," creating a new global destination on the scale of Disneyland Paris. The partnership stemmed from shared interests in manga discussed during their meeting in December 2024 in Riyadh. In addition to the amusement park, two other contracts were signed with French companies: CMA CGM for developing Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Islamic Port and Alstom for supplying metro carriages for Riyadh’s metro. The visit signified MBS's third official trip to France and aims to strengthen security ties between the two nations, especially in cybersecurity, AI training, and military training. The French government is eager to maintain its involvement in Saudi Arabia’s defense sector as a significant market for French defense manufacturers. Beyond economics and defense, Macron and MBS issued a joint statement addressing regional flashpoints, advocating for a negotiated end to the US-Iran conflict, normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, Hamas's disarmament, sustainable ceasefire in Israel’s conflict with Gaza, Palestinian statehood, Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory, condemnation of Yemen’s Houthis attacks on Saudi Arabia and commercial shipping, support for Syria’s stability and recovery, and opposition to attacks by any parties in the Yemeni conflict.