Cette semaine, je prends mes fonctions d'Ambassadeur de France aux États-Unis. Je me réjouis de contribuer à renforcer notre amitié 🇫🇷🇺🇸 et de rencontrer la très importante et dynamique communauté française aux Etats-Unis. À très vite !
Laurent Bili
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Laurent Bili
@FrenchAmbUS
Ambassador of France to the U.S. 🇫🇷🇺🇸 @franceintheus
Washington, D.C.
Joined March 2023
- Dr. Fauci: advocate and architect of public health, forerunner in the fight against COVID-19, Officier de la Légion d'Honneur.
- It was a very special moment for me to present last week my diplomatic credentials (“lettres de créance”) to @POTUS Biden at the @WhiteHouse. To 🇫🇷🇺🇸 friendship! #OldestAllies
- 🇫🇷and🇪🇺are the US’s close allies, partners. There is no equidistance between🇨🇳and🇺🇸: the US is our ally with whom we share values. Our position on Taiwan has not changed. The way we collectively handle 🇷🇺 agression in 🇺🇦 will determine our common credibility on the world stage.
- Freedom fighters of yesterday and today. A standing ovation for President @ZelenskyyUa at the Omaha Beach D-Day commemoration.
- Honored to welcome @POTUS to France alongside my counterpart @USAmbFrance. Starting off four days of sharp focus on the 🇫🇷🇺🇸 friendship.
- A joy to sit down with @rudygobert27 ahead of the US premiere of "Rudy Gobert No. 27" to discuss his career and @Paris2024 aspirations as well as the amazing work he does through his foundation, Rudy's Kids.
- I presented at the @StateDept a copy of my “lettres de créance” (diplomatic credentials) to @US_Protocol. In the coming months, I will give this letter from Pres. #Macron to Pres. #Biden to officially begin my Ambassadorship. Merci, Ambassador Gifford for the warm welcome !
- Congratulations to the French Armed Forces and to our colleagues throughout the @francediplo network for evacuating from Sudan, so far 491 people of 36 nationalities, including 9 Americans.France is coordinating evacuation operations in #Sudan via @francediplo & @Armees_Gouv. 500+ people from 36 different nationalities have so far been evacuated, including 196 🇫🇷 nationals. @CdCMAE @FranceauSoudan @FranceaDjibouti @FFDJ_Officiel @MinColonna @becht_olivier
00:00 - Last evening, @MinColonna honored 🇫🇷🇺🇸 cultural heritage with the inauguration of a statue of The Little Prince on 5th Avenue in New York. It was here that the extraordinary children's novella first went to press, 80 years ago. And there was no statue to commemorate this yet!
00:00 - I take on the role of French Ambassador to the US. I look forward to strengthening the 🇫🇷🇺🇸 #OldestAllies friendship and to pursuing shared goals in the wake of Pres. #Macron's State Visit and the ambitious bilateral framework adopted on that occasion.
- Hier soir, nous avons inauguré le GAF (Groupe des Ambassadeurs Francophones) de Washington, D.C. Merci @LMushikiwabo pour cette belle initiative. C'est un plaisir de se réunir avec mes collègues francophones. Vive la #Francophonie !
- First White House Correspondents' Dinner is in the books. Thank you @POTUS for the reception and Roy Woods Jr. for the roasts and the reflections. And thank you to our guests for the wonderful conversation!
- Welcome back to Washington, @USAmbFrance Bauer! It was a pleasure to officially meet you this morning at the French Residence. I look forward to working together to strengthen 🇫🇷🇺🇸 friendship in our two capital cities. Merci et à bientôt !
