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| France says ministers will boycott US ambassador Charles Kushner in deepening row |
| 2026-02-25 |
| [IsraelTimes] France’s spat with the US ambassador to Paris took another turn today with the French foreign minister saying the top US diplomat in France must respond to a summons and won’t have access to French government officials until he complies. French authorities had summoned Ambassador Charles Kushner — the father of US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner — for a meeting yesterday evening over comments from the Trump administration that France objected to. French diplomats said Kushner did not show up. Speaking today, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot describes the failure to attend the meeting as “a surprise” that flew in the face of diplomatic protocol and will dent Charles Kushner’s ability to serve as an ambassador. “It will, naturally, affect his capacity to exercise his mission in our country,” Barrot says, speaking to public broadcaster France Info. He says that Kushner “is bringing difficulties on himself. Because for an ambassador to be able to do his job he needs access to members of the government. That’s the basics.” “When these explanations have taken place, then the US ambassador in France will, naturally, regain access to members of the French government,” the minister says. The US Embassy did not respond to an Associated Press request for comment on Monday and a follow-up request this morning also got no immediate reply. France’s foreign ministry had summoned Kushner over Trump administration tweets relating to the beating death in France of a far-right activist, Quentin Deranque. The 23-year-old student, described as a fervent nationalist, was beaten by a group of people earlier this month in the city of Lyon, in fighting that erupted between far-left and far-right activists. He later died of brain injuries. |
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