French President Emmanuel Macron and Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attended a ceremony in Kuwait City’s Bayan Palace on Monday (October 19) where officials signed several agreements.

The agreements included a letter of intent on defence cooperation between Kuwait's Ministry of Defence and France's Ministry of the Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs, Kuwait's News Agency KUNA reported.

Other agreements covered civil aviation, data and artificial intelligence, academic, scientific and technical cooperation, and the promotion of direct investment, said the agency.

Macron will also ⁠travel to the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar on a trip that will end on October 21.

He plans to discuss the situation in the Strait of Hormuz and its impact on energy prices with Gulf leaders, his office said in a statement on Wednesday (October 14).

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France's Macron and Kuwait's Sheikh Meshal attend agreement signing ceremony

VIDEO SHOWS: FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, AND EMIR OF KUWAIT, SHEIKH MESHAL AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH, MEETING AT BAYAN PALACE AND ATTENDING SIGNING OF AGREEMENTS

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SHOWS: KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT (OCTOBER 19, 2026) (FRENCH POOL - Access all)

1. FRENCH PRESIDENT, EMMANUEL MACRON, AND EMIR OF KUWAIT, SHEIKH MESHAL AL-AHMAD AL-JABER AL-SABAH, WALKING INTO BAYAN PALACE, SURROUNDED BY OFFICIALS

2. MACRON AND SHEIKH MESHAL WALKING ALONG RED CARPET

3. VARIOUS OF MACRON, SHEIKH MESHAL AND DELEGATIONS SITTING DURING MEETING

4. MACRON AND SHEIKH MESHAL STANDING, WALKING

5. VARIOUS OF MACRON AND SHEIKH MESHAL SITTING FOR SIGNING CEREMONY

6. VARIOUS OF KUWAIT’S MINISTER OF DEFENCE, SHEIKH ABDULLAH ALI ABDULLAH AL-SALEM AL-SABAH, AND FRENCH MINISTER OF ARMED FORCES AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, CATHERINE VAUTRIN, SIGNING AGREEMENTS AND SHAKING HANDS

7. MACRON AND SHEIKH MESHAL SITTING

8. VARIOUS OF FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER, JEAN-NOEL BARROT, AND SHEIKH ABDULLAH SIGNING AGREEMENTS, SHAKING HANDS

9. AIRBUS PRESIDENT IN AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST, GABRIEL SEMELAS, AND DIRECTOR GENERAL OF KUWAIT FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCES (KFAS), AMINA FARHAN, SIGNING AGREEMENTS AND SHAKING HANDS

10. MACRON AND SHEIKH MESHAL STANDING UP AND APPLAUDING

11. VARIOUS OF FRENCH AND KUWAITI FLAGS IN PALACE HALL

12. MACRON AND SHEIKH MESHAL WALKING THROUGH HALL

13. MACRON AND SHEIKH MESHAL STANDING, SPEAKING

14. MACRON AND SHEIKH MESHAL WALKING TO STAND NEXT TO FLAGS

15. VARIOUS OF MACRON AND SHEIKH MESHAL SHAKING HANDS WITH OFFICIALS

16. MACRON AND SHEIKH MESHAL WALKING