France, Netherlands pledge joint Air France-KLM strategy to ease tensions

FILE PHOTO: Journalists attend a new conference where Air France-KLM announce their 2018 annual results in Paris, France, February 20, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo - Copyright CHARLES PLATIAU(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 01/03/2019 - 11:04•Updated 20/04/2024 - 04:27

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PARIS (Reuters) - The French and Dutch governments will hold a joint working group on Air France-KLM strategy, the finance ministers of both countries said on Friday, after talks aimed at defusing a row over the Netherlands' surprise acquisition of a stake in the airline group.

Officials from both countries will begin a "work process" on Air France-KLM that will issue joint recommendations by the end of June, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said after a meeting with his Dutch counterpart Wopke Hoekstra in Paris.