Ukraine, Gaza on agenda as Blinken visits France

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks from his plane in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on March 17, 2024. Blinken is meeting with French officials in Paris on Tuesday before traveling to Brussels.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet Tuesday with France’s foreign and defense ministers as part of a visit the State Department said would include discussion of support for Ukraine and preventing the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza from expanding.