BERLIN/PARIS, Nov 12 (Reuters) - France, Germany and

Spain are set to resume high-level talks on the next phase of a

major fighter project after delays caused by the recent

political crisis in France, three people familiar with the

matter said on Wednesday.

A ministerial meeting is planned for the week of November 24

as the three nations try to bridge differences over the next

phase of the Future Combat Air System, which calls for a flying

demonstrator model, two of the people said.

A third source said a meeting was planned but that its date

had not yet been announced.

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is separately due to

meet his French counterpart, Catherine Vautrin, in Paris next

Monday, two of the sources said.

No comment was immediately available from the three defence

ministries involved in the 100-billion-euro project to develop a

system of crewed stealth fighters and packs of armed drones.

Pistorius told reporters last week that no new date for a

trilateral ministerial meeting had been set, but he reiterated

Germany's call for a decision on the next phase by end-year.

Berlin has blamed French industry for blocking the

programme's next phase by demanding sole leadership of the

project, in a coded reference to Dassault Aviation.

Dassault, which handles France's industrial participation in

the project while Airbus represents Germany and Spain,

has denied reports that it wants to control 80% of the project.

Pistorius said last week that he had discussed the topic

with France's Vautrin, who had stated her intention to continue

with the project, which is widely known as FCAS, or its French

acronym, SCAF.

Speaking ahead of a recent meeting with Spanish Defence

Minister Margarita Robles, Vautrin said there was urgency to

move ahead because France's current Rafale warplanes would need

to be replaced by 2040.