Sputnik News- French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will arrive in Tehran with a delegation next week, Iranian Ambassador to France Ali Ahani has announced.

The visit will coincide with�a session of�the Iran-France joint economic commission, Ahani said on�Thursday, as�cited by�the IRNA news agency.

Ayrault will preside over�the commission along�with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.

The P5+1 group of�countries, comprising the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom plus Germany, signed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of�Action with�Iran in�July 2015, ensuring the peaceful nature of�Tehran�s nuclear program in�exchange for�sanctions relief.

Ahani said on�Thursday that Iran now has the potential to�become France�s permanent economic partner.