Regarding Iran, US secretary of state Marco Rubio said talks had made no progress amid what he described as unrealistic and unreasonable demands from Tehran. (EPA Images pic)PARIS: European foreign ministers on Monday pressed US secretary of state Marco Rubio at a G7 meeting in Paris to ensure any settlement in the war with Russia is fair to Ukraine, ahead of US-mediated talks on ending the conflict.

European capitals have insisted that they must be represented at the table in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi and some have also expressed wariness about intensifying American talk of a new security architecture for Europe.

The meeting of ministers from the leading industrialised nations of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the US provides Europe and its allies with a chance to air concerns with their US counterpart.