Mexico City, Mexico - Mexico and France will seek ways to strengthen strategic cooperation during French President François Hollande's visit later this week to Mexico City. Hollande is visiting Mexico at the invitation of President Enrique Peña Nieto.

"The objective of the state visit is to bolster the strategic partnership between the countries via expanded cooperation in priority sectors for Mexico and France," the Foreign Relations secretariat said in a statement. The two leaders plan to discuss bilateral and international issues.

Hollande and Peña Nieto will receive the first report from the Franco-Mexican Strategic Council, or CEFM, a bilateral consultative body with broad knowledge of business and intellectual matters. The CEFM report contains specific recommendations for the two governments on how they can jump-start economic relations and investment, as well as suggestions for bolstering cooperation in the education, training, cultural, research, innovation, and health areas.

The presidents plan to sign public safety, education, energy, health, sustainable development, and finance agreements in an effort to boost bilateral cooperation, the secretariat said.

Peña Nieto and Hollande will mark the 50th anniversary of General Charles de Gaulle's visit to Mexico by inaugurating a photographic exhibition at the Foreign Relations Secretariat and unveiling a commemorative stamp.