London has decided to summon the French ambassador after threats of reprisals formulated by Paris over fishing licenses that it accuses the United Kingdom of granting in too few numbers, the British government announced.
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Stressing that the United Kingdom considers the actions envisaged by France "
unjustified
", the head of British diplomacy Liz Truss has instructed her secretary of state in charge of Europe, Wendy Morton, to "
summon the ambassador French
”, announced a spokesperson for the British government in a press release.