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EVIAN-LES-BAINS: US President Donald Trump joined global leaders on Monday at the G7 summit at a French lakeside resort, where he touted his preliminary deal to end the Iran war and said he would now seek to end the fighting in Ukraine and Lebanon.
Air Force One carrying Trump touched down at the airport in the Swiss city of Geneva, from where Trump was to transfer to the nearby French spa resort of Evian for the summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Flush from celebrating his 80th birthday by watching MMA cage fighting at the White House the previous night, he had proclaimed “let the oil flow” after announcing the framework Iran deal — a “memorandum of understanding” — had been clinched.
With the Iran deal secured, Trump said he would now turn his attention to trying to secure peace between Ukraine and Russia, while also seeking to bring closure to fighting in Lebanon. “We had a very good conversation yesterday with President Zelensky and President Putin, and I think maybe we can do something there. I really do. I think they’re both open to it,” he said.
