{"id":4322,"date":"2026-03-25T05:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2026-03-25T05:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T05:58:16","slug":"rubio-plans-travel-to-france-to-sell-iran-war-to-skeptical-g7-allies-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=4322","title":{"rendered":"Rubio plans travel to France to sell Iran war to skeptical G7 allies : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-115054\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5314;&#10;        --source-height: 3543;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source 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             <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><b>toggle caption<\/b><\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Julia Demaree Nikhinson\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to France this week to try to sell America&#8217;s skeptical Group of Seven allies on the strategy of the Iran war that has sent global fuel prices soaring, the State Department said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-115053-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5759000\" 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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (left) looks on during a ceremony for Markwayne Mullin, the newly sworn-in secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESG-S1-115053-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Rubio will attend a G7 foreign ministers meeting near Versailles outside of Paris on Friday &#8220;to advance key U.S. interests&#8221; and &#8220;discuss shared security concerns and opportunities for cooperation,&#8221; the department said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Areas of focus will include the Russia-Ukraine war, the situation in the Middle East, and threats across the world to peace and stability,&#8221; the department said in a statement released amid conflicting accounts over whether the U.S. and Iran are talking about a resolution to the conflict.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>President Donald Trump said Monday that the U.S. and Iran have had discussions, although Iran has denied it. And numerous other countries are involved in nascent efforts to find an off-ramp to the crisis, which has caused the price of oil to skyrocket with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to most shipping, including tankers.<\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESG-S1-115053-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Nearly all of the other G7 nations \u2014 Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan \u2014 have reacted coolly at best to the U.S.-Israeli military operation against Iran and have declined to participate, drawing Trump&#8217;s ire even as he maintains the U.S. doesn&#8217;t need their help.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has lashed out a number of G7 members and NATO allies for not responding to his calls for help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, although in recent days several of them had indicated a willingness to back appropriate action to restore the key waterway to normal traffic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/03\/25\/g-s1-115053\/rubio-plans-travel-to-france-to-sell-iran-war-to-skeptical-g7-allies\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump walks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to speak with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, March 20, 2026, in Washington. 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