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Rubio to meet French leaders for talks on Ukraine

Jordanian Prime Minister and Defence Minister Jafar Hassan shakes hands with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio while posing for photographers in the Treaty Room of the Harry S Truman building on April 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. [AFP]

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet French leaders in Paris on Thursday to discuss the war in Ukraine, his office said, amid flailing efforts to persuade Russia to agree to a ceasefire.

Rubio and US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff would also discuss tensions over Iran's nuclear programme and Middle East trouble spots, in talks with France's President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, according to a French diplomatic source.

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