Secretary General of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne met Qatar's ambassador to France, Sheikh Ali bin Jassim al-Thani, in Paris Sunday. They discussed bilateral relations and means of enhancing them, in addition to topics of mutual interest. The launch of the Qatari-French Steering Committee for the Cultural Year (France-Qatar 2020), which will oversee the organisation of the cultural year events (France-Qatar) next year, has also been announced. The meeting was attended by a number of senior officials of the French Ministries of Foreign Affairs, and Culture.