France rejects joint patrols with UK

PARIS: France expressed on Thursday its disagreement of having France-UK joint patrols of police officers or militaries over French waters, according to local media report.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex told UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a letter that having joint patrols over French waters isn't a question of common action, but each State's sovereignty regarding their borders and coasts.

"We have always been willing to consider and discuss in good faith UK proposals for enhanced cooperation. We accepted some, we declined others," French newspaper Le Parisien reported, citing the letter.

"We cannot accept, for example, that British police or military patrol our shores. Our sovereignty is at stake," he stressed. (IANS)

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