France's Foreign ‌Minister ​Jean-Noel Barrot on Tuesday said US ambassador Charles Kushner would be denied access to ‌the French government.

Barrot said contact could only be restored if Kushner explained his decision not ​to respond to being summoned.

Kushner had been called to the Foreign Office ​over ‌comments made by the administration of US President Donald Trump on the killing of a French ‌far-right activist.

Why has France barred contact for US ambassador?

Barrot said the move had been made "in light of this apparent misunderstanding of the basic expectations of the mission of an ambassador, who has the honor of representing his country."

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

He said Kushner needed to explain his reason for the no-show.

"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.

"He needs to be able to have this discussion with us, with the Quai d'Orsay [French Foreign Ministry], so that he can resume the normal exercise of his duties as ambassador in France," Barrot told France Info radio.

What did the Trump administration say about the killing?

France summoned Kushner, the father of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, after the US Embassy in Paris reposted comments from the Trump administration about the killing of far-right activist Quentin Deranque.

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

The US State Department's counterterrorism bureau on X which described the killing as evidence of a worrying threat from left-wing extremist violence.

In response, Foreign Minister Barrot denounced what he called attempts to exploit the killing "for political ends" and summoned Kushner.

He said the comments needed to be discussed with Kushner.

"We must have an explanation with him," the minister said. "We don't accept that foreign countries can come and interfere, invite themselves, into the national political debate."

"We have no lessons to learn, particularly on the issue of violence, from the international reactionary movement."

What more do we know about the killing of Quentin Deranque?

Seven people have been handed preliminary charges in connection with the violence in Lyon, where Deranque was fatally beaten.

The public prosecutor's office requested all seven to be charged with intentional homicide, aggravated violence and criminal conspiracy. Six suspects were charged on all three counts.

A seventh suspect was charged with complicity in intentional homicide, aggravated violence and criminal conspiracy.

Some 3,200 people, many wearing facemasks, took part in a tense march on Saturday honoring Deranque.

Edited by: Elizabeth Schumacher