French Minister Brune Poirson has invited Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to Paris for an official visit. Poirson met Kejriwal at the Delhi Secretariat on Friday evening.
The French Minister was accompanied by the Ambassador of France to India Emmanuel Lenain to the Delhi Secretariat.
During the meeting, Kejriwal requested the French Government to help Delhi in redesigning its roads and solving the solid waste management issues, to which the visiting Minister responded by stating that her Government is more than keen to help Delhi.
"The visiting Minister invited the Delhi Chief Minister to France, who accepted the invitation and said he will visit after the Delhi Assembly elections in February next year. She asked the French Ambassdor to follow-up on the issue with concerned authorities," Delhi government said in a statement.
Environment and Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot during the meeting also joined the delegation and discussed the initiatives in Education, Health and other sectors reformed by the Delhi government.
The visiting minister told the Chief Minister that she had been following his journey since the anti-corruption movement days and was in India, when he had launched his political party around seven years back.
She enquired about the Chief Minister's political journey so far and the difference in his life from the days of Government job to activism.
"Working for public welfare gives him immense satisfaction and he enjoys working for long hours," Kejriwal replied
Poirson said she feels the political journey of the Delhi chief Minister has many similarities with that of the President of FranceEmmanuel Macron.