US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, will meet G7 counterparts in France on Friday on the war in Iran, the State Department announced.
The trip comes after President Donald Trump announced that
the United States has been talking with Iran — a claim denied by Tehran — as he
put on pause his threat to destroy the country’s electricity production.
Rubio, in his first foreign trip since the United States and
Israel attacked Iran on February 28, will join the G7 foreign ministers’ talks
in Cernay-la-Ville, near Versailles on the outskirts of Paris, the State
Department announced on Tuesday.
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.
AFP
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com