France, March 1 -- "Diplomatic efforts must resume their rightful place," said Macron after two hours of talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris with Foreign MinisterJean-Noel Barrot, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, and Catherine Vautrin, Minister of Defence.

"I hope that we can take all necessary steps to ensure that diplomatic efforts resume."

Israeli and American armed forces launched air strikes on targets in Iran on Saturday morning.

In a video address, the US president, Donald Trump, made clear the goal of the assaults was destruction of the Islamic republic's military and removal of the authorities who have been in power since the 1979 revolution.

On Saturday night, just before an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in Ne...