G7 allies seek to bridge divide with Trump at France summit

PARIS, Jun 11: Europe's leading nations and their G7 allies will seek to narrow differences with Donald Trump at a summit from Monday in France chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron but expected to be dominated by the US leader's presence.
Participants on the shores of Lake Geneva will be looking to put the sparkle and fizz back into relations with the United States, in the French spa resort of Evian-les-Bains famed as the home of Evian mineral water. The summit will be one of the first major international gatherings since the United States and its ally Israel began a war against Iran in late February, upending the Middle East and widening transatlantic tensions.
Aside from promoting efforts to end the conflict and re-open the key Strait of Hormuz shipping bottleneck, the leaders will have a packed agenda of potentially explosive issues over three days of talks.
With Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in attendance, they will look to find a united front on bringing Russia to the negotiating table to end over four years of war sparked by Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbour.�" AFP