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US Secretary, G7 Ministers to meet in France over rising Iran tensions Friday
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet with his G7 counterparts in France on Friday to discuss the ongoing tensions in Iran, the State Department said.
The announcement comes after President Donald Trump claimed that the United States had been in talks with Tehran a statement Tehran has denied — while temporarily pausing his threat to target Iran’s electricity infrastructure.
This will be Rubio’s first overseas trip since the United States and Israel carried out attacks on Iran on February 28.
He will participate in the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Cernay-la-Ville, near Versailles on the outskirts of Paris, according to the State Department.
Rubio will speak to counterparts on the “Russia-Ukraine war, the situation in the Middle East and threats across the world to peace and stability,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said.
France is the current head of the Group of Seven, the club of industrialized democracies that also includes Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy and Japan.
While all G7 nations are close US allies, none has unambiguously offered support for the assault on Iran, angering Trump.
G7 foreign ministers on Saturday came together to urge an “immediate and unconditional” end to Iranian attacks on US allies in the Middle East.
Iran has fired a barrage of missiles and drones at energy-rich Gulf Arab monarchies, close military partners of the United States, sending global oil and gas prices soaring.
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