U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Republican losses in the midterm elections will not affect the Trump administration`s approach to foreign policy, with clear differences on global crises emerging among top diplomats from Group of 7 allies who gathered Monday in Paris, writes AP NEWS.

Rubio, who spoke to reporters after talks with his counterparts from the G7 industrialized democracies, said President Donald Trump will decide U.S. policies as he sees fit, regardless of his Republican Party`s wipeout in the midterms. He said Trump is intent on ending conflicts with Iran and between Russia and Ukraine but that the United States will maintain an "America First" approach on the world stage.

"Congress has a role to play in our foreign policy, particularly on what it funds and in its oversight function, but the No. 1 factor in determining foreign policy has always been and will remain the president," Rubio said.

The Paris meeting is Rubio`s first overseas trip since Democrats seized control of Congress, partly because of deeply unpopular administration policies such as the Iran war. Allies have raised questions this week about whether the Trump administration would shift its positions.