The French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs has prevented U.S. Ambassador to France and Monaco Charles Kushner from meeting government officials after skipping a summons, according to a report.

A French official told The Hill news outlet Monday that Kushner did not show up to the foreign ministry when he was summoned, which is a breach of diplomatic protocol. This resulted in Kushner now being denied meetings with French ministers.

“It’s not primarily a bilateral issue, it’s a question of the basic expectations attached to the mission of an ambassador,” the official said. “We just wanted to underline that he will not be granted direct access to ministers and members of the government, but he can carry out his duties." 

The official said Kushner can instead go to the French ministry of foreign affairs for official business. 

The White House and the State Department have not responded to The Hill's requests for comment.

The summons came after the U.S. Embassy in France posted on X on Friday, expressing concern over the death of 23-year-old French right-wing activist Quentin Deranque, who was allegedly beaten on Feb. 12 by left-wing militants and died from brain injuries two days later.

"The information, corroborated by the French Minister of the Interior, according to which Quentin Deranque would have been killed by far-left militants, should concern us all," the embassy wrote. "Violent left-wing extremism is on the rise, and its role in the death of Quentin Deranque demonstrates the threat it poses to public safety. We will continue to follow the situation and hope that the perpetrators of these acts of violence are brought to justice."

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on radio France Inter on Sunday, “We refuse to allow this tragedy to be exploited for political ends. We have no lessons to learn, particularly when it comes to violence, from international reactionary [forces].”

The summons was for Kushner to explain the Trump administration's comments regarding Deranque's death.

“When these explanations have taken place, then the U.S. ambassador in France will naturally regain access to members of the French government,” Barrot told the broadcaster France Info on Tuesday, NBC News reported.

Until that has occurred, Kushner's ban “will naturally affect his capacity to exercise his mission in our country,” Barrot said.

Later on Tuesday, Kushner called Barrot, who told the ambassador that France would not accept “any form of interference or manipulation of its national public debate,” an unnamed Foreign Ministry official told NBC News.

“The ambassador took note, expressed his desire not to interfere in our public debate,” the official added.

Kushner was previously summoned in August after writing in the Wall Street Journal that France was not doing enough to combat antisemitism, POLITICO reported.

Kushner, who is the father of President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, took office last July after his Senate confirmation. Trump pardoned the elder Kushner in December 2020, after the real estate businessman served two years in prison in the 2000s, having pleaded guilty to tax evasion, lying to the Federal Election Commission, and retaliating against a federal witness.