NICOLA Sturgeon will go ahead with plans to increase trade with Scotland’s third largest export market during a visit to France this week.
The FM will a lead a delegation of technology companies who will showcase their products and services to French partners.
The country is Scotland’s third largest international export market worth and worth around £2.4 billion to the Scottish economy.
During the visit Sturgeon will address France’s Foreign Affairs Committee, meet the country’s minister for European Affairs Nathalie Loiseau and open the Scottish Government’s France Hub.
She said: “Despite the challenges we face as a result of Brexit the Scottish Government will continue to do all we can to show the world that we are an open and outward-looking country.”
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