The meeting is expected to focus on the fight against the Islamic State group, the protection of civilians and the proposal for a U.N. Security Council resolution France plans to put forth next week.
The resolution is aimed at stopping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces from using barrel bombs against his Syrian population. Barrel bombs are steel drums full of shrapnel and explosives dropped from the air.
The meeting will feature mainly lower-ranking officials, with the United States sending Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in place of Secretary of State John Kerry.
French officials were not involved in the latest round of Syria talks between the U.S., Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey last week in Vienna.
More than 240,000 people have been killed in the war in Syria since it began in 2011.
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27/10/15
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