Bach is due to meet Hidalgo at the French capital's city hall, Hôtel de Ville, where they will discuss preparations for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.

Bach will then accompany Hidalgo to a meeting Board of Directors of the Olympic Works Delivery Company (Solideo), due to be held at Hôtel de Ville in the afternoon.

The 63-year-old Hidalgo, who has served as Paris Mayor since 2014, is the President of Solideo and on tomorrow’s agenda is whether to revise the current budget due to the effects of inflation.

Solideo is responsible for the infrastructure projects linked to Paris 2024 and currently has a budget of €3.7 billion (£3.2/$3.9 billion), including €1.6 billion (£1.4 billion/$1.7 billion) of public funding.

Earlier this week at the Board meeting of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, chaired by its President, Tony Estanguet, a revised and increased budget was rubber-stamped for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which it claims enables it to "move calmly into the operational delivery phase of the event".

The budget has been increased by approximately 10 per cent, or five per cent accounting for inflation, to €4.38 billion (£3.77 billion/$4.61 billion), and this has been the subject of demonstrations at Paris 2024's headquarters.

Organisers claim that that it represents a "balanced budget".

Bach attended the opening match of the FIFA World Cup in Doha on November 20 when he watched the hosts Qatar lose 2-0 to Ecuador but contracted coronavirus upon his return to Lausanne the following week.

It forced him to hold a series of meetings during the IF Forum virtually and his doctors advised not to return to Doha for the World Cup final between Argentina and France on Sunday (December 18) while he continues to recover from COVID-19.

As well as budgetary concerns, Bach and Hidalgo are expected to discuss preparations for the unique Olympic Opening Ceremony along the River Seine, which is due to take place on July 26 in 2024.

More than 160 boats are scheduled to carry delegations down a six-kilometre route from Pont d'Austerlitz to the Trocadéro, passing many famous Parisian monuments, bridges and cultural institutions, such as Notre Dame cathedral, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower.

With free public access to part of the riverbanks, as well as viewing areas on the many bridges and quays along the route, more than 600,000 spectators are expected to welcome the athletes from across the world for the Parade of Nations.

Hidalgo may also raise concerns over Bach's controversial plan to explore ways to allow Russian and Belarussian athletes to compete under a neutral flag at Paris 2024, despite the current war in Ukraine.

Hidalgo has already made clear her opposition to the possibility of Russian athletes being in her city for the Olympics.

"For me, the Olympic Games are also a part of this world of geopolitics," she said in March.

"What is happening today does not effectively put Russia in this grouping of peaceful countries."