<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has embarked on a three-day visit to France on Friday. </span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222">He will attend the Paris Peace Forum being held to commemorate the centenary of the end to the First World War. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222">The Heads of State,Heads of Government of over 50 countries and their representatives are participating in the centenary activities. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222">Mr Naidu will attend the ceremony to commemorate the armistice of World War I at Arc de Triomphe,presided over by the French President Emmanuel Macron.<o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222">The Vice President will also hold a number of bilateral meetings on the side lines of the Paris Peace Forum. He will also address the Indian community and will inaugurate the Indian War Memorial at Villers Guislain. <o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222">The aim of the Paris Peace Forum is to establish a global platform to reaffirm the importance of multilateralism, international cooperation and reform of global governance institutions.</span></p>