France-Nepal Friendship Group of the French House of Representatives President Véronique Riotton is arriving in Nepal on Tuesday.

Vice Presidents Nicolas Forissier and Madam Graziella Melchior are accompanying President Riotton.

They will be in Nepal from March 8-12.

They are visiting Nepal at the invitation of Chairperson of Nepal-France Inter-Parliamentary Group Madhav Kumar Nepal.

“In view of further strengthening Nepal-France relations, the president of France-Nepal Friendship Group of the French House of Representatives, Véronique Riotton, and two vice-presidents, Nicolas Forissier Graziella Melchior, will be on an official visit to Nepal,” read a statement issued by the French Embassy in Kathmandu on Tuesday.

Apart from Madhav Kumar Nepal, the visiting French parliamentary delegation will pay courtesy calls on President Bidya Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Speaker of the House of Representatives Agni Prasad Sapkota, Chairperson of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka among other leaders, the staement read.