Dhaka, Aug. 30 -- German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius on Thursday urged France to break the impasse over the multinational Future Combat Air System (FCAS) fighter jet project.

Launched in 2017 to replace France's Rafale jets and the Eurofighter planes used by Germany and Spain, FCAS is being jointly developed by Paris, Berlin and Madrid.

However, the project has been stalled by tension between the main industrial partners, France's Dassault and Airbus, which represents German and Spanish interests.

According to the German Hartpunkt news site, France wants to be in charge of around 80 percent of the work on the project.

Pistorius, speaking alongside his Spanish counterpart Margarita Robles on Thursday, said that "national interests...