The Saudi state news agency SPA announced the visit to France in June.
President Nicolas Sarkozy had invited the king to inaugurate an exhibition of Arabian archeological treasures at the Louvre Museum on July 12 and to take part in Bastille Day celebrations two days later.
Le Monde said the king still plans to visit the exhibition before it closes on September 27.
"There had been a possibility for the king to come to France around July 14," said a French official, but the plan for the visit never materialised.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy had invited the king to inaugurate an exhibition of Arabian archeological treasures at the Louvre Museum on July 12 and to take part in Bastille Day celebrations two days later.
Le Monde said the king still plans to visit the exhibition before it closes on September 27.
"There had been a possibility for the king to come to France around July 14," said a French official, but the plan for the visit never materialised.
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