France’s foreign ministry officials met Monday with a representative of U.S. ambassador Charles Kushner after the American diplomat was summoned over his letter to French President Emmanuel Macron alleging the country did not do enough to combat antisemitism.
Monday’s meeting took place after Paris rejected Kushner’s criticism as “unacceptable” and announced it had summoned him. Since the diplomat was absent, French officials met with the embassy’s No. 2 in his stead.
The summoning of the ambassador is a formal and public notice of displeasure.
During Monday’s meeting, French officials denounced the letter as “interference” in France’s internal affairs and said it “presented a view that did not correspond to the reality” of authorities’ fight against antisemitism, according to a French diplomatic official who spoke under condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
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