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LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister DavidCameron will use a visit to France on Thursday to argue thatBritain's continued EU membership boosts security, a case likelyto be supported by his host President Francois Hollande.
Cameron has called a referendum on British membership of theEuropean Union for June 23 and his campaign for the "In" camp isbacked by other leaders of the 28-nation bloc.
"I am convinced that the UK's membership of the EU gives usgreater security and greater capacity to project powerglobally," Cameron said in comments released by his officebefore the meeting in Amiens, 120 km (75 miles) north of Paris.
"In an ever-more uncertain world, we gain from ourmembership of these international organisations."
Cameron said the first Franco-British summit since IslamicState attacks killed 130 people in Paris last November was "anopportunity to discuss how we can work even more closelytogether to keep our people safe".
This is likely to include closer police and securitycooperation and more sharing of information.
Counter-terrorism, Europe's migration crisis and theconflicts in Syria and Libya also are expected to be discussedat the summit, which the French and British foreign, interiorand defence ministers will also attend.
Cameron and Hollande are likely to make a new call forSyrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and his allies,including Russia, to stop targeting moderate opposition forcesin Syria. Moscow says its air strikes in Syria are aimed onlyagainst Islamic State militants.
The two leaders are expected to announce a 1.5 billionpounds ($2.11 billion) project to build a prototype of the nextgeneration of unmanned aircraft, to which each side willcontribute about 750 million pounds, building on a120-million-pound joint feasibility study undertaken after thelast summit between Britain and France in 2014.
The Future Combat Air System project is designed to give thetwo countries the most advanced vehicle of its kind in Europe.
British companies including BAE Systems, Selex ES and Rolls-Royce and Dassault Aviation, SNECMA/Safran and Thales in Franceare expected to benefit from the project.($1 = 0.7113 pounds) (Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Dominic Evans)