{"id":40721,"date":"2026-01-13T22:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/Le-President-Kagame-recoit-l-ambassadeur-americain-sortant-40721\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:46:07","slug":"Le-President-Kagame-recoit-l-ambassadeur-americain-sortant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/Le-President-Kagame-recoit-l-ambassadeur-americain-sortant\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Pr\u00e9sident Kagame re\u00e7oit l\u2019ambassadeur Eric Kneedler en fin de mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cette audience a scell\u00e9 la conclusion du mandat de l\u2019envoy\u00e9 am\u00e9ricain \u00e0 Kigali, au cours duquel il a \u0153uvr\u00e9 au renforcement de la coop\u00e9ration bilat\u00e9rale et des relations diplomatiques entre le Rwanda et les \u00c9tats-Unis. Plus t\u00f4t dans la journ\u00e9e, le ministre des Affaires \u00e9trang\u00e8res et de la Coop\u00e9ration internationale, Olivier Nduhungirehe, avait \u00e9galement re\u00e7u l\u2019ambassadeur Kneedler pour lui adresser ses adieux.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Kneedler avait officiellement pris ses fonctions d\u2019ambassadeur des \u00c9tats-Unis au Rwanda le 18 octobre 2023, apr\u00e8s la pr\u00e9sentation de ses lettres de cr\u00e9ance au pr\u00e9sident Kagame. Il succ\u00e9dait \u00e0 Peter H. Vrooman. Sa nomination faisait suite \u00e0 sa d\u00e9signation par le pr\u00e9sident am\u00e9ricain Joe Biden le 3 ao\u00fbt 2022, \u00e0 sa confirmation par le S\u00e9nat des \u00c9tats-Unis le 27 juillet 2023, puis \u00e0 sa prestation de serment \u00e0 la fin du mois d\u2019ao\u00fbt 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Diplomate de carri\u00e8re et membre du Senior Foreign Service, l\u2019ambassadeur Kneedler avait auparavant exerc\u00e9 les fonctions de charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires par int\u00e9rim \u00e0 l\u2019ambassade des \u00c9tats-Unis \u00e0 Nairobi, au Kenya, avant d\u2019\u00eatre affect\u00e9 \u00e0 Kigali, o\u00f9 il a mis \u00e0 profit une solide exp\u00e9rience diplomatique.<\/p>\n<p>Son d\u00e9part s\u2019inscrit dans un contexte de remaniement diplomatique plus large, marqu\u00e9 par le rappel, par Washington, de pr\u00e8s de 30 ambassadeurs dans plusieurs r\u00e9gions du monde. L\u2019Afrique est la zone la plus concern\u00e9e, avec le rappel d\u2019envoy\u00e9s de 15 pays, dont le Rwanda, le Burundi, le Cameroun, le Nigeria, le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal et l\u2019Ouganda. Des changements similaires ont \u00e9galement touch\u00e9 des pays d\u2019Asie, d\u2019Europe et de l\u2019h\u00e9misph\u00e8re occidental.<\/p>\n<p>Malgr\u00e9 ces ajustements diplomatiques, le Rwanda et les \u00c9tats-Unis continuent de maintenir des relations \u00e9troites, fond\u00e9es sur une coop\u00e9ration active dans les domaines de la sant\u00e9, du d\u00e9veloppement, de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et de l\u2019\u00e9conomie. Les deux pays ont r\u00e9affirm\u00e9 leur volont\u00e9 de poursuivre leur engagement \u00e0 travers les cadres bilat\u00e9raux existants, soulignant la solidit\u00e9 de leur partenariat strat\u00e9gique.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-70724 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_1-127.jpg\" alt=\"Le Pr\u00e9sident Kagame a re\u00e7u l\u2019ambassadeur sortant des \u00c9tats-Unis au Rwanda, Eric Kneedler\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-70723 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/pk_2-134.jpg\" alt=\"Cette audience a scell\u00e9 la conclusion du mandat de l\u2019envoy\u00e9 am\u00e9ricain \u00e0 Kigali, au cours duquel il a \u0153uvr\u00e9 au renforcement de la coop\u00e9ration bilat\u00e9rale\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-70721 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/02-2.jpg\" alt=\"Plus t\u00f4t dans la journ\u00e9e, le ministre Nduhungirehe, avait \u00e9galement re\u00e7u l\u2019ambassadeur Kneedler\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-70722 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fr.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/o1-4.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Kneedler avait officiellement pris ses fonctions d\u2019ambassadeur des \u00c9tats-Unis au Rwanda le 18 octobre 2023\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le pr\u00e9sident Paul Kagame a re\u00e7u, mardi apr\u00e8s-midi au &#8216;Village Urugwiro&#8217;, l\u2019ambassadeur des \u00c9tats-Unis au Rwanda en fin de mission, Eric Kneedler, pour une rencontre d\u2019adieu marquant la conclusion officielle de sa mission diplomatique dans le pays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":488,"featured_media":4000070725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7529],"tags":[7605],"byline":[7717],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-40721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualite-3","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":7717,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":393}],"contributors":[{"id":7717,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":393}],"featured_image":{"id":4000070725,"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/pk_2-134-16c48.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/pk_2-134-16c48.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/pk_2-134-16c48.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/pk_2-134-16c48.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/pk_2-134-16c48.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/fr-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/pk_2-134-16c48.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4000070725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40721"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=40721"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=40721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}