French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have decided to work towards a rapid "de-escalation" in the fishing dispute between their countries, AFP reports the Elysée as saying.
It followed a meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome on Sunday.
A source says the two governments will work on "practical measures" over "the next few days" to defuse the toxic row that has threatened to blow up into a trade war, overshadowing the start of the COP26 summit in the process.
The French presidency said the new cooperation would ensure that "practical and operational measures are taken as quickly as possible to avoid a rise in tension". Differences related to "a few dozen boats", the source
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