G7 meets on the Iran war as Rubio tries to sell US strategy to skeptical allies insulted by Trump

From bottom centre to left: EU High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, Britain's Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, Canada's Foreign Minister Anita Anand, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, Brazil's Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira and Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attend talks during a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting with Partner Countries in Cernay-la-Ville outside Paris, Friday, March 27, 2026. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool Photo via AP)

VAUX-DE-CERNAY, France (AP) — Group of Seven foreign ministers met on Friday in France to discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with deep divisions apparent over the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, following U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated complaints that America’s allies have ignored or rejected requests for help in the military operation and in confronting Iran’s retaliatory attacks, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to most international shipping.

Today U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined his counterparts from the G7 after Trump's latest round of insults lobbed at NATO and as instability in oil markets persisted with the Iran war entering its fourth week along with uncertainty over the status of potential negotiations to end the crisis.