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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

France moves to bar US Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct government access

EU France US Ambassador - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

France's top diplomat Monday requested that U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner no longer be allowed direct access to members of the French government after he skipped a meeting to discuss comments by the Trump administration over the beating death of a far-right activist.

French authorities had summoned Kushner to the Quai d'Orsay, which houses the Foreign Affairs Ministry, on Monday evening but he did not show up, according to diplomatic sources.

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