Downing Street: Macron, Johnson to Meet At G20
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On the sidelines of the summit, Johnson and Macron will hold a brief "brush-by "meeting.
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Emmanuel Macron, left, with Boris Johnson at the Elysée Palace in Paris in 2019 © PA
With the two countries involved in a fishing rights dispute, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold brief face-to-face meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron at the G20, Downing Street announced Friday.
The leaders will meet at the summit, which will begin on Saturday in Rome.
Johnson and Macron will hold a brief "brush-by" meeting on the sidelines of the summit to "discuss a range of issues", a spokesman for the British prime minister told reporters.
The rejection of some of France's ships by the United Kingdom and the self-governing islands of Jersey and Guernsey has recently enraged France.
On its part, London has promised "an appropriate and calibrated response" to the French measures, since the British fishing industry relies on French ports as a gateway to Europe, its main export market.
