FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France August 27, 2019. Yoan Valat/Pool via Reuters/File Photo
PARIS/RIYADH (Reuters) - An attack on Saudi oil installations that halted half the kingdom's output could harm French diplomacy meant to avert feared U.S.-Iranian conflict, diplomats said after President Emmanuel Macron's top envoy held talks in Saudi Arabia.
They said France was trying to pinpoint the origin of Saturday's strike on the oil infrastructure of the world's top crude exporter as it pursues diplomacy to defuse tensions across the Gulf region.
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