 Vive la Guinée! Vive la Guinée! Vive New York City! Vive le Maire de New York! It is my pleasure to introduce the Mayor of New York City. Mayor Adams is an ally to our community. He has been standing with us for many, many years and he continues to stand with us. This Mayor is an African Mayor. This Mayor loves our community. And I want you all to warmly join me in welcoming our brother, one of our own, Mayor Eric Adams. Thank you and really appreciate this is such a historical day and moment. 109 mayors have come about and we finally get to the 110th and we watch the Gideon flag being raised today as we continue to incorporate the diversity of this amazing city. Right from this spot and location you witness throughout the entire global experience of the various flags for the first time raised in this location. People feeling as though the inclusiveness of being part of not only the New York experience but the American experience. And there's something significant about this country. I like to remind ourselves all the time. One is not considered an American Chinese, an American Italian, an American Polish, an American African. America calls you to put your country first. You're an African American, a Chinese American, a Polish American, a Guinean American. Because we want you to bring your culture to the underlying denominator of this great country. That's this amazing product that we have of the American dream and you participate that in it every day. Not only do we see my amazing physical and intellectual giant in Assemblyman Fall that's here with his parents that are here in present and my sister Asada who has traveled with me to South America who has managed our international relationship but you need to look close to your power in this city. We have that's here with us also the incoming Councilman Salon who's also his mother's here joining us. You know, come on stand up. Yousaf Salon is the new Councilman that's coming in. So your representation is all in government. It's all in the seat of power. You're going to decide policies. So 65 years of your independence is bringing you here to this spot. This location where your flag is going to be raised in the symbol of not only strength in America power. Our economic strength is right here in Bowling Green. But New York City is the strength of the power of the entire country. So there's more than just New York. All the people who are on the line to take pictures by the bull, they got it right. This is where the power are. And when you tell them where the power is, when you tell them as long as they here, we just want them to spend a lot of money in our city so we can continue to prosper at the level that we do. I am so proud to be here to be the mayor, the 110th mayor in an African American mayor who is raising the flags of all of the countries in general. But specifically those countries from the continent of Africa that have historically not raised their flags here. This is such a moment of significance because being a mayor is both substantive. I must make sure we're safe. I must make sure we have economic development. I must make sure we educate our children that we provide prosperity. Being a mayor also means the symbolism of stating that you matter, that you count, that you are part of this great city and this great country. And that is what this flag raising is about. And that is why we hold these flag raising because you come with your culture, your food, your business acumen, your belief in public safety, your belief in family, your belief in faith. That is what makes us the great city that we are. I thank you for coming here today and allowing us to raise the flag here in Bowling Green, a place where we arrived here enslaved. And now we are standing here as true rulers of a great city. Thank you very much. Let's raise our flags. Dear Mayor, when we were informed about the organization of this event, we reported to our authorities and they gave us a message for you, particularly the President of the Republic of Guinea, His Excellency Mamadi Dumbuya, Chief Head of State, is very proud of this day and proud of what you have organized for us. In that sense, he gave us a souvenir for you. This souvenir is a sign of friendship between the community and the city hall, but between Guinea and the city hall. It is a small souvenir. It is a branding of Guinea. And as you can see in my heart, that's what is it. It is a sign of fertility. When we have cultural events, this what we take and we can have a good crops. And even in our relationship, when we have it, it helps to fertilize our friendship. And that's why we are bringing this to you today in order to really show you our brotherhood and friendship. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I want to fertilize the atmosphere. I don't need to be fertile, you know. No, no, no, no. No, no, no. I'm talking about national branding too. How you can see it in the heart, in the cup? It's the same. After the flag raising, we'll take some pictures so we don't have to move. Let's just stay tight for now.