Crown Prince Abdullah will pay a three-day visit to France from March 19 before leaving for Algiers to attend the Arab League Summit, press reports said quoting high-level sources. Prince Abdullah will hold talks with French President Jacques Chirac and his top aides on major issues including Lebanon, Iraq and Palestine, Al-Riyadh Arabic daily reported. "The crown prince's talks in Paris will focus on the situation in Lebanon following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri as well as on the withdrawal of Syrian forces from the country," the newspaper said. President Chirac contacted Prince Abdullah about two weeks ago to discuss the consequences of Hariri's assassination in a central Beirut bomb blast on Feb. 14. After his talks in France, Prince Abdullah will lead the Saudi delegation to the annual summit of Arab heads of state scheduled for March 22-23.