Mr Sarkozy will also hold talks with his counterpart René Préval, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Bellerive and members of his government, before leaving the island before noon.
According to the Elysee, Mr. Sarkozy will present "extremely significant proposals", including financial terms. He will also confirm the cancellation of the entire country's debt towards France, 56 million euros (just over 76 million dollars).
Who is Nicolas Sarkozy?
Nicolas Sarkozy (pronounced [nikɔla saʁkɔzi] ), born Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy on January 28, 1955, is the 23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. He assumed the office on 16 May 2007 after defeating Socialist Party candidate Ségolène Royal 10 days earlier.
Under Jacques Chirac's presidency, he served as Minister of the Interior in Jean-Pierre Raffarin's (UMP) first two governments (from May 2002 to March 2004), then was appointed Minister of Finances in Raffarin's last government (March 2004 to May 2005), and again Minister of the Interior in Dominique de Villepin's government (2005-2007).
Sarkozy was also president of the General council of the Hauts-de-Seine department from 2004 to 2007 and mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, one of the wealthiest communes of France from 1983 to 2002. He was also Minister of the Budget in the government of Édouard Balladur (RPR, predecessor of the UMP) during François Mitterrand's last term.
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