U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with U.S. partners in the Middle East at the Group of Seven leaders¡¯ summit in France next week, underscoring the outsized role the war in Iran continues to play as European allies grapple with the global economic fallout.
The president will hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of France, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Egypt as well as India, according to senior administration officials who briefed reporters on the upcoming trip on the condition of anonymity. India and the Middle Eastern countries are not part of the G7.
The U.S. and Iran are closing in on an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which could be signed as early as Sunday on the sidelines of the summit.
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