France's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaks to the press after his meeting with China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing October 31, 2007. Kouchner and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will record a "rhythm and blues" song on European integration next week, an official spokesman said on Friday. REUTERS/Peter Parks/Pool

BERLIN (Reuters) - The French and German foreign ministers will record a “rhythm and blues” song on European integration next week, an official spokesman said on Friday.

The song by Bernard Kouchner and Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be recorded in Berlin on Monday on the sidelines of a Franco-German summit, which will focus on European integration.

“The two foreign ministers want to make their contribution to the debate but in a somewhat unconventional way,” German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger told a news conference.

They will go to a studio in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, a heavily Turkish section of the German capital, and record with young people from the neighbourhood.

Asked whether the ministers would record a rap song, Jaeger said the tune could be classified as “rhythm and blues” and would be posted on the Internet video portal Youtube.com.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, along with the ministers, will hold the regular summit in Berlin on Monday.

“No one has ever heard a French and German foreign minister singing together. On Monday this will happen,” Jaeger added.