France Urges "Rapid Solution" To Fishing Dispute After New Talks With UK
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In the ongoing fishing row, France had threatened to ban British boats from unloading their catches at French ports and to subject all British imports to inspections.
France urged Tuesday a "rapid solution" to a fishing dispute with Britain that has threatened to degenerate into a full-blown trade war, after new talks aimed at breaking weeks of deadlock.
"France remains open to dialogue, but a rapid solution must be found for our fishermen, in line with the implementation of our agreements," France's Europe Minister Clement Beaune wrote on Twitter after telephone talks with Britain's Brexit minister, David Frost.
The conversation came after a crunch face-to-face meeting between the two men in Paris on Thursday on a dispute that has severely exacerbated tensions between the Channel neighbours in the wake of Britain's exit from the European Union.
Beaune's tweeted comment indicates that no breakthrough was found in the latest talks although dialogue is likely to continue.
