Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will visit...
Medvedev is expected to meet with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy, Prime Minister Francois Fillon, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, the heads of the French Senate and National Assembly, Gerard Larcher and Philippe Seguin, during his stay in Paris, Sergei Prikhodko said.
The agenda of the talks includes Russian-French economic, military and humanitarian cooperation and Russia"s accession to the WTO.
The parties are also expected to focus on the overcoming of the world economic crisis, a new European security treaty, and the situation in Afghanistan during the talks.
The Russian delegation includes some 80 top businessmen.
Medvedev"s visit will mark the official start of the Year of Russia in France and France in Russia.
Russian-French trade turnover has risen by more than five times in 2003-2008. Despite the world economic crisis, French investments in the Russian economy accounted for $10.4 billion in 2009.