France, March 26 -- France, which holds the rotating G7 presidency this year, is hosting two days of talks at the Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey, some 50 km south-west of central Paris.

The meeting comes as US President Donald Trump says he is ready to step up military attacks on Iran if Tehran does not accept a deal to end the fighting with the US and Israel.

In his first trip abroad since the war started on 28 February, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, will join foreign ministers from France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK - but only on the second day.

Ahead of the meeting, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told news agency AFP one of France's objectives was "to address the major global imbalances which explai...