The French president Nicolas Sarkozy will not be visiting Kent next month, his spokesman has said.
La Republica, the Italian newspaper, reported that the president, who is in London on a state visit, would attend a meeting in Dover on April 5.
The newspaper said Mr Sarkozy would propose the governments of France, Norway and Finland buy into Italy's state-owned shipyard, Fincantieri SpA.
But a spokesman from the Elysee Palace today ruled out the visit.
POSTED: 27/03/2008 16:56:36