On Monday 21 June 2021, General Patrick Destremau, Director of the IHEDN, and General Thierry Marchand, Director of Security and Defence Cooperation (DCSD) at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE), welcomed the auditors of the international Middle East session, organised by the IHEDN and the DCSD until 27 June. The ten auditors from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Palestine and Qatar will attend a series of lectures on France's contribution to stability and security in the Near and Middle East.