Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of the French Republic

10/10/2025 | Press release | Archived content

United States – Jean-Noël Barrot’s conversation with Mr Marco Rubio (10 October 2025)

M. Jean-Noël Barrot, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, spoke to his American counterpart, Mr Marco Rubio, on the telephone today.

M. Barrot gave his counterpart an account of the ministerial meeting on the implementation of the American peace plan to end the war in Gaza, which he hosted at the Quai d'Orsay the day before. The Minister voiced the European and Arab participants' unanimous support for the plan. He reaffirmed the participants' desire to contribute to the implementation of the plan and set out the practical details of this commitment in three parts: governance, reconstruction and security.

The US Secretary of State greeted these developments positively and called for continued coordination between all the parties.

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