Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius

Airbus will sell 23 helicopters to Saudi Arabia for 500 million euros ($560 million) and launch a feasibility study into building two nuclear reactors in the country, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced Tuesday.

A slew of deals worth billions of euros were announced following the first "Franco-Saudi Joint Commission" meeting in Paris, led by Fabius and Saudi Defence Minister Prince Mohamed bin Salman.