While Washington will be represented by an official, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will no longer attend a meeting in Paris with European, Arab and other states on Thursday to discuss Gaza’s post-war transition, diplomatic sources said.

The meeting will be held in parallel with indirect talks that are under way between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza.

Rubio had been initially expected to attend, five diplomatic sources said, but his presence was ultimately not possible due to the government shutdown in the United States, two of the sources later said. A third confirmed the change in plans.

However, a U.S. official is still due to attend, although it was not clear who,

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