French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Sunday he would summon the US ambassador to France over comments made about the death of a French far-right activist earlier this month, which he labeled as “interference.”
Quentin Deranque died two days after suffering severe head injuries in a brawl in the city of Lyon on February 12, drawing criticism from the Trump administration which described the death as the result of left-wing violence.
“We are summoning the US ambassador to France because the embassy issued a commentary on this event which concerns the national community. We reject any interference in this event,” Barrot said in an interview with radio station France Inter.
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