G7 foreign ministers are scheduled to meet in Paris for two days from Monday, November 9, with European governments expected to urge the United States to support a fair settlement in Ukraine and avoid further strikes on Iran, according to France 24.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expected to attend both days. At the group’s previous foreign ministers’ meeting in March, he attended for only one day. The talks bring together ministers from Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
Ukraine talks scheduled in Abu Dhabi
The Paris meeting is set to coincide with US-mediated discussions involving Moscow and Kyiv in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday. European governments are concerned that Ukraine could be pressed to accept unfavorable terms. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said France would take part in the Abu Dhabi talks and that “Europeans will be represented.”
The agenda also includes Iran, as President Donald Trump has not ruled out further US strikes, including against a site known as Pickaxe Mountain. Iran denies that the location is a nuclear facility. European governments want a resolution and the return of normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, an important energy transit route.
Trump said Friday that Iran wanted to make a deal “very badly.” The Paris discussions are expected to address the possibility of further military action, but the source report does not describe any decisions or outcomes from the meeting.
A separate donor conference hosted by France’s finance ministry is also scheduled for Monday. Organizers are seeking funds to repair the protective dome over the Chernobyl reactor that exploded in 1986 and was damaged in a Russian strike last year. About €500 million is needed; just over half has been raised, with the remaining funds targeted for spring 2027.
Clayton Ward 
Reid Bentley