France’s spat with the US ambassador to Paris took another turn Tuesday with the French foreign minister saying the top US diplomat in France must explain himself after ignoring a French summons.

Axar.az informs, citing France 24, the minister suggested that Ambassador Charles Kushner won’t have access to French government officials until he complies.

French authorities had summoned Kushner – the father of US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner – for a meeting on Monday evening after the US embassy in Paris reposted comments by the Trump administration in Washington about slain far-right activist Quentin Deranque.

Deranque, 23, died from head injuries following clashes between radical-left and far-right supporters on the sidelines of a February 12 protest against a politician from the left-wing France Unbowed (LFI) party in Lyon.

French diplomats said Kushner did not show up.

Speaking Tuesday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot described the failure to attend as “a surprise” that flew in the face of diplomatic protocol and will dent Kushner’s ability to serve as an ambassador.

“It will, naturally, affect his capacity to exercise his mission in our country,” Barrot said, speaking to public broadcaster France Info.

“When these explanations have taken place, then the US ambassador in France will, naturally, regain access to members of the French government," the minister added.

U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner was summoned to protest comments by the Trump administration over the beating death of a far-right activist, the foreign affairs minister said.

State Department’s Counterterrorism Bureau, which posted on X that “reports, corroborated by the French Minister of the Interior, that Quentin Deranque was killed by left-wing militants, should concern us all.”

The State Department said in its post that “violent radical leftism is on the rise and its role in Quentin Deranque’s death demonstrates the threat it poses to public safety. We will continue to monitor the situation and expect to see the perpetrators of violence brought to justice.”