French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife are due to arrive in Israel Sunday afternoon for a three-day visit. Sarkozy will visit the Dead Sea, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and the Knesset. He is expected to meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Aviva and Noam Shalit, parents of abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. 

The visit will focus mainly on economic issues. Tuesday, Sarkozy will present the Renault Megane electric car, a joint French-Israeli endeavor, and Sarkozy and Peres will address an economic conference of French and Israeli business people, at the David’s Citadel Hotel. 

Sarkozy is due to return to Paris Tuesday afternoon.