US ambassador to France banned from meeting French government


FILE PHOTO: U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner walks on the day of a summit of the "Coalition of the Willing", at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/ File Photo

PARIS, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The ⁠U.S. ambassador to France, Charles Kushner, has been banned from meeting ⁠members of the French government after not showing up at ‌the Foreign Affairs ministry earlier in the day, where he had been summoned over comments on the killing of a French far-right activist last week, diplomatic sources said on ​Monday.

"Following the publication by the U.S. Embassy of ⁠comments on a tragedy that ⁠occurred in France and concerns only our national public debate – which we ⁠refuse ‌to allow to be exploited – ambassador Charles Kushner was summoned today to the ministry. He did not show up," the source ⁠added.

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