PARIS, September 30. /TASS/. Funeral service for former French leader Jacques Chirac, who passed away on September 26, has begun on Monday afternoon at the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris.

Former French president Jacques Chirac held a strong relationship with the UAE and its leaders. Evident to that is the naming of a street on Saadiyat Island in his honour, in the capital Abu Dhabi.