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G7 host and France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot, right, greets Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan for the group's foreign ministers' meeting at Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey near Paris on March 26. Reuters

G7 foreign ministers focus on ending the Iran war

​Partners in Paris to ⁠seek a common position ​with the US on ⁠the war against Iran, Germany says

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