Salah Abdeslam REFUSES to speak to judges interrogating him for the first time in France after he is taken to court under armed guard a day after MS804 'terror attack'

The sole surviving terrorist involved in the ISIS attack on Paris today appeared before judges in the French capital for the first time.

Salah Abdeslam, 26, was surrounded by masked police gunmen as he arrived at the Palais de Justice after being  driven from his solitary confinement cell at the high security Fleury-Merogis prison, on the outskirts of Paris.

However, after several hours, his lawyer revealed that the Paris attacks suspect had refused to respond to questions. 

The police convoy transporting Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam arrives at the Palais de Justice in Paris,

Salah Abdeslam 'did not want to say anything' when questioned by French anti-terror judges, but said however he is prepared 'to speak at a later date', his lawyer Frank Berton said.

It is hoped that Abdeslam, who faces spending the rest of his life in prison, will provide vital information about ISIS and particularly about their assaults on Paris and Brussels.

He may also throw light on alleged visits by cell members to Britain in the lead up to the atrocities.

Abdeslam was arrested in the Belgium capital on March 18th after spending more than four month on the run following the November 13 attacks.

They saw ten terrorists attacking a number of venues in Paris, including the Bataclan concert venue, with machine guns and bombs, killing 130 people and injuring more than 350.

Abdeslam admits driving to the Stade de France wearing a suicide belt, but abandoned his mission to set it off during a football friendly between France and Germany.

Salah Abdeslam was handed over by Belgium to French authorities to face prosecution in relation to the Paris terror attacks on 13 November last yeare

French police and members of the National Gendarmerie Intervention Group (GIGN), start guard outside the Palais de Justice in Paris ahead of the hearing

Specialist anti-terrorist judges will interrogate Abdeslam today, under conditions of highest security, and it is hoped that he will give vital information on both the Paris and Brussels attacks and ISIS operations in Europe

The French passport holder was wounded in the leg during his arrest, and a few days later his Isis cell launched an attack on Brussels, killing 32 people using suicide bombs at the city airport, and in an underground station.

Specialist anti-terrorist judges will interrogate Abdeslam today, under conditions of highest security.

Frank Berton, Abdeslam's lawyer, said his client was 'keen to explain' his part in the atrocities, which included hiring cars and hotels used by the killers.

Abdeslam is the sole surviving Paris attack terrorist

He denies killing anyone, and his hoping that cooperation will lead to a reduced sentence when he eventually stands trial for a number of charges related to terrorism.

Sven Mary, Abdeslam's Belgium lawyer, has meanwhile described him as an idiot with the 'intellect of an ashtray'.

Mr Mary said the so-called Islamist radical had never read the Koran and lived his life as if in a 'GTA (Grand Theft Auto) video game'.

Despite this, Mr Mary said Abdeslam was still likely to provide a 'gold mine' to the anti-terrorists judges.

His brother, Brahim Abdeslam, was another member of the Isis cell and ended up blowing himself up in a Paris cafe on November 13th.

Abdeslam's hearing in Paris today takes place just one day after a feared terror attack involving a passenger jet carrying 66 people which has gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea. 

EgyptAir has been forced to retracted claims that the wreckage of the downed Flight MS804 had been discovered floating in the Mediterranean Sea, as the mystery surrounding the missing passenger jet deepens.

It comes as U.S. authorities say they have so far been unable to find any indication that an explosion took place on board the plane before it allegedly plunged 22,000ft into the sea.

Flight MS804 was travelling from Paris to Cairo when it vanished from radar 10 miles into Egyptian airspace at 00.30am GMT without making a distress call.

Greek defence minister Panos Kammenos said the Airbus A320 made 'sudden swerves' in mid-air, lurching 90 degrees to the left then 360 degrees to the right. It then dropped from 37,000 feet to 15,000ft before the signal was lost at around 10,000 feet.

Security experts, ministers and former air accident investigators said all the evidence pointed to the plane being targeted in a terrorist attack.