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There was tension between France and the USA due to a social media post

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France's Permanent Representation at the UN Geneva Office announced that it experienced tension due to an X post criticizing the US's stance on human rights.
After this post, the USA stopped the approval of France's new Ambassador to Washington, Aurelien Lechevallier, to start his duty.
The tension was eased with the weekly statement of the French authorities, and Le Monde newspaper claimed that the USA had revoked the approval of the ambassador.

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France and the United States have historically shared common values on human rights, but in recent years they have begun to exhibit different attitudes in UN votes.

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While there were developments this week regarding the social media post that caused tension between France and the USA, it was learned that the French authorities took a step back on the issue.

In the statement published on the website of the Permanent Mission of France to the UN Geneva Office on September 11, "The Permanent Mission of France to the UN Geneva Office regrets the message on X (social media platform) on July 25, 2026, questioning the US commitment to human rights." The statement was included.

The statement included the assessment that defending human rights has a central position in the history of the USA and France, and noted that the USA was one of the architects of the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In the statement, it was stated that the ties between the two countries are still strong on the 250th anniversary of the independence of the USA, and said, "France and the USA showed different attitudes in the votes at the United Nations General Assembly. This difference is only about a vote, not about the defense of human rights." commented.

The statement said that a difference of opinion on a vote does not prevent the maintenance of close dialogue between the two countries and does not question their capacity to work together.

According to reports in the French press, the US authorities, who prevented the new French Ambassador to Washington from taking office due to this tension, welcomed the French authorities' statement this week.

Le Monde newspaper claimed that the statement in question was written for the USA to remove the obstacle regarding the new Ambassador of France.

In the statement made on July 25 from the social media platform of the US-based company

"The United States was once a beacon on human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands in an isolated position, next to North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. And the world is no longer listening," the statement said. statements were included.

Following this incident, the US authorities stopped the approval process for France's new Ambassador to Washington, Aurelien Lechevallier, to take up his post as ambassador.

What to Watch

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Diplomatic relations between France and the United States will soon return to normal.
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