OREANDA-NEWS. March 03, 2010. At a meeting in the Matignon Palace, Dmitry Medvedev and Francois Fillon discussed bilateral issues and the future of relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union. Following their talks, the French Prime Minister held a formal dinner in honour of the Russian President. The dinner was attended by Russian and French ministers, as well as representatives of business circles.

At the Hotel de Ville, the building housing the City of Paris’s administration, Dmitry Medvedev met with Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe and intelligentsia from both nations as well as representatives of the Russian community.

In his speech at the City Hall, the President of Russia expressed certainty that the Year of Russia in France and the Year of France in Russia will be highly successful, helping to boost humanitarian, economic, and other relations.

Mr Medvedev’s meeting with French Senate President Gerard Larcher was held in the upper chamber of the parliament at the Luxembourg Palace.Dmitry Medvedev also laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe.