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Catharine Fulton

President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, is in Paris today on an official visit with the French government, RÚV reports.
Tomorrow the President will meet with French head of state Francois Hollande. His agenda for the remainder of the week will have Ólafur delivering a speech on the arctic and climate change; meeting with the mayor of the town of Paimpol, in Brittany, which the sister city of Grundafjörður; and meeting with the mayor of Gravelines, in Northern France, the sister city of Fáskrúðsfjörður.
Ólafur will wrap up his trip on Thursday.