Germany, France drafting details of defence fund - German minister


German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany and France are working out specific proposals for a European Union defence fund ahead of a bilateral ministerial meeting on July 13, German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said in an interview published on Saturday.

Joint work on drones, military transports and combined efforts to stabilise the African Sahel region were projects that could be funded by the new plan, she told the Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain.

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