French President Emmanuel Macron has said France and other European powers would make an offer to Iran of a comprehensive diplomatic solution to end the escalating conflict with Israel, AFP reports.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot will later today meet Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Geneva “to make a complete diplomatic and technical offer for negotiations”, Macron told reporters, adding that France and allies Germany and the UK were “putting a diplomatic solution on the table”.

“Iran must show that it is willing to join the platform for negotiations we are putting on the table,” Macron said on the sidelines of the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget outside the French capital.

“It is essential to prioritise a return to substantive negotiations [with Iran] which include nuclear — to move to zero enrichment (by Iran of uranium) — ballistics, to limit Iranian capacities, and the financing of all the terrorist groups that destabilise the region,” Macron said.

Macron said that “no one should neglect the risk that an Iran with nuclear weapons would present”, insisting that the Islamic Republic presented an “existential risk” for Israel.