President Salome Zourabichvili will begin her visit to the Republic of France today.

Salome Zourabichvili will hold high-level meetings with the President of France and President of the French Senate to discuss the deepening of Georgia-France relations and priorities of Georgia's foreign policy.

According to the President’s press office, the Presidents of the two countries will sign a declaration on the establishment of the French-Georgian Dialogue, as a result of which, dialogue between the two countries will be institutionalized and will move to a new stage.

A meeting will be held with representatives of the French Institute of International Relations. The French Institute of International Relations will host a debate in which French think tanks, diplomats, businessmen and politicians will participate. President Zourabichvili will deliver a public lecture, “Georgia and Europe: Opportunities in Uncertain Times” in the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po). As part of the visit, she will hold a meeting in UNESCO, visit Saint Nino Orthodox Church and Chateau of Leuville-sur-Orge. In Paris, she will meet with Georgian students and diaspora representatives to discuss importance and means of their involvement in the current processes of the country. The Presidential delegation to visit France includes the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Davit Zalkaliani, Charge d’ Affairs at Georgian Embassy in France Teona Giuashvili, and First Deputy Head of President Zourabichvili’s Administration Natia Sulava.