Dutch PM Rutte: Brexit deal that creates customs border unacceptable - FT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the Chancellery in Berlin

(Reuters) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Saturday that a Brexit agreement that creates a customs border in Ireland is unacceptable, the Financial Times reported.

"Important questions remain about the British proposals," Rutte said in a tweet http://bit.ly/2AJopm6 on Saturday after a phone conversation with Johnson.

Rutte had said last month that he did not rule out a Brexit deal before Oct.31 deadline but that he had not seen new solutions to the Irish border problem.

(Reporting by Akshay Balan in Bengaluru, Editing by William Maclean)