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US Ambassador Charles Kushner pledged not to interfere in France after missing a ministerial summons amid a row sparked by a US embassy post on violence; French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot had barred Kushner from direct access to ministers, but they spoke by phone and plan a face-to-face meeting to mend ties while France defends its right to public debate.
France barred U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct access to French ministers after he failed to attend a summons to discuss comments by the Trump administration about Quentin Deranque’s death; Foreign Minister Barrot said Kushner can still perform his diplomatic duties but cannot meet French officials directly, signaling strains in France–U.S. diplomacy ahead of the 2027 presidential vote. The move follows a prior August dispute over a letter to Macron on antisemitism and related U.S. statements about Deranque.