KIEV, Aug. 19 – President Viktor Yanukovych will make official visits to France and Poland this fall, Oleh Voloshyn, director of Information Policy of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, said at a briefing in Kiev on Thursday.

"In early October, the Ukrainian president is scheduled to make an official visit to France," he said.

Voloshyn said that during the visit, the Ukrainian president is planning to discuss a wide range of issues of cooperation between Ukraine and France, in particular in the energy sector, agriculture, Ukraine's rapprochement with Europe, as well as visa issues.