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France summons US ambassador over antisemitism criticism

US ambassador to France Charles Kushner, who has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry after publishing a letter in which he criticised what he said was France's inaction on antisemitism. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

France has summoned the United States Ambassador Charles Kushner after he wrote to French President Emmanuel Macron criticising the government for its alleged insufficient action against antisemitism.

“The allegations from the ambassador are unacceptable,” said the French Foreign Ministry in a statement released Sunday in which it summoned the ambassador as a formal and public notice of displeasure.

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