Matytsin is set to head to the French capital for the conference, scheduled to be staged at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) headquarters from October 26 to 28.

More than 30 Sports Ministers and other high-ranking officials within sports are expected to attend the biennial session, with Matytsin due to speak on the opening day, according to Russia's official state new agency TASS.

The conference is set to focus on engagement of athletes and the role of private stakeholders in protecting and promoting sport values, ethics and integrity, while participants will have the opportunity to consider the impact of COVID-19 on the anti-doping system.

Other items on the agenda include the election of a panel of independent experts and the approval of a framework of consequences for non-compliance with the International Convention against Doping in Sport.

There is also due to be a review of WADA's funding formula after establishing a working group.

TASS reports that Matytsin is due to meet Bańka as well as other officials including Gabriela Ramos, assistant director general for social and human sciences at UNESCO, and Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry, an International Olympic Committee member.

It will be the second time Matytsin and Bańka have met in just over a month after holding talks in Istanbul in Turkey in mid-September following a WADA Executive Committee meeting.

The two officials agreed to work together to ensure Russia is ready to return to full compliance when their suspension is lifted at the end of next year.

WADA imposed a four-year package of punishments on Russia after it found doping data from the Moscow Laboratory had been tampered with and manipulated.

A three-member Court of Arbitration for Sport panel cut the period of sanctions to two years last December following an appeal by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).

The panel ruled only Russian athletes who meet certain criteria will be able to compete as neutrals at events including Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Russian athletes competing at Tokyo 2020 had to compete under the "ROC" banner, the country's flag was not flown at medal ceremonies and instead of the national anthem Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 was played.

Matytsin assured Bańka that Russia will continue its policy of ensuring the operational and financial independence of RUSADA, one of the key conditions for RUSADA to be fully reinstated by WADA.