Mr. Laurent Fabius, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development of France, will be visiting New Delhi and Mumbai from June 30 to July 1.
An Embassy of France release said he will be meeting his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj on Monday. He will also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
The embassy release said that during his visit to India, Mr. Fabius would be attending a series of side events, including one on higher education, which would take place on June 30 at the French Embassy at 6.30 p.m.
This year's French Scholarship Award Ceremony and Pre-Departure Session will see the minister delivering an address to 250 students belonging to the Delhi-NCR region who are leaving for higher education in France for the academic year 2013-2014.
This will be followed by a signing ceremony of a series of agreements between French and Indian higher education institutions.
