France backs Islamabad talks on Mideast war settlement

The French foreign minister said on Saturday that France supports the ongoing Iran-US talks in Islamabad aimed at ending the war in the Middle East, according to the broadcaster BFM.

“We support these negotiations, we hope they produce the best possible effects,” Jean-Noel Barrot said.

He briefly addressed the discussions in Islamabad on a settlement to the armed conflict in the Middle East during an event organized at the Cite universitaire de Paris (Paris International University Campus).

Pakistan is hosting the landmark negotiations, dubbed the “Islamabad Talks,” seen as the most significant Washington-Iran talks since 1979, aimed at ending the broader regional conflict amid a fragile two-week ceasefire brokered earlier this week.

Nearly 3,000 Iranians were killed in the war which began with the US-Israeli offensive on Iran on Feb. 28, according to the country’s health authorities.

At least 13 US servicemen were also killed, with dozens wounded.