Diplomatic clubs
Wishing Amb & Mme Jouyet & friends at @FranceintheUK a fab #14Juillet & thank you for a superb garden party - a packed marquee of friends to bid farewell to Amb & Mme Jouyet. Our best wishes for you new post to the #OECD. Vive La #France et l’alliance Franco-Britannique!🇫🇷🇬🇧
A dignified, top-class diplomat putting national interest before his own. The resignation of @KimDarroch is not only a loss to the UK diplomatic service, but to all diplomats who need to be able report confidentially on events as they see them without fear of damaging leaks twitter.com/SMcDonaldFCO/s…
.@KimDarroch: “We have been lucky to have you as a friend and colleague. You are the best of us.” This morning it was my reluctant duty to accept Sir Kim’s resignation https://t.co/bNqGMqoCzR
— Sir Simon McDonald (@SMcDonaldFCO) July 10, 2019
Great to see @sumuvuori back in London in her new role talking about the importance of transparency to democracy #DefendMediaFreedom twitter.com/MKeinanen/stat…
New MFA State Secretary @sumuvuori already in action and participating #MediaFreedom Conference in London. Underlined the importance of the right to access to information from authorities. In Finland documents by assumption public. @Ulkoministerio @finlandinuk @RaunoMerisaari pic.twitter.com/rqRxnhXnbo
— Markku Keinänen (@MKeinanen) July 10, 2019
Congrats to @ForiegnOffice @CanadaDOFA @Jeremy_Hunt @cafreeland for hosting an important global conference at a time when media freedom, the ability of journalists to conduct their work in safety, and responsible, quality journalism is under threat #DefendMediaFreedom twitter.com/foreignoffice/…
Live: Delegates arrive for day one of the #DefendMediaFreedom Global Conference
— Foreign Office 🇬🇧 (@foreignoffice) July 10, 2019
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Diplomats in the London diplomatic corps would agree. Honest and confidential reporting is critical to diplomacy. We are pleased that the @CommonsForeign is conducting an urgent inquiry into secure communications today in Committee Room 5 - first witness is FCO PUS @SMcDonaldFCO twitter.com/TomTugendhat/s…
If envoys are fired for writing critically about their host government there would be no diplomats in Washington, London, Brussels, Rome, Paris, Moscow, Berlin, Beijing, New Delhi, Islamabad,... I could go on. Every envoy is critical of every host government. That’s their job. https://t.co/GHYiN0jdn8
— Tom Tugendhat (@TomTugendhat) July 9, 2019
Happy US Independence Day @USAmbUK and our friends at @USAinUK Enjoy your day off - (unbelievably) perfect weather for an all-American BBQ! #July4 twitter.com/USAinUK/status…
#TBT to our #J4Winfield19 celebrations last week hosted by @USAmbUK! Great to celebrate our fantastic relationship with our UK friends, 243 years after independence. #July4 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/F8QABRJg5S
— U.S. Embassy London (@USAinUK) July 4, 2019