AFPThe Croatian minister Radman kisses the German minister Baerbock
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 19:10
Croatian Foreign Minister Radman has apologized after attempting to kiss his German counterpart Baerbock. This happened on Thursday during a meeting of EU ministers in Berlin.
Video footage shows Radman shaking Baerbock’s hand and then leaning in to kiss her. She quickly turns her head away. It is unclear whether the intention was to kiss Baerbock on the lips.
After the incident, Radman came under fire in his own country. “Kissing women without consent is also violence, right?” said former Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, who was in power between 2009 and 2011. Croatian women’s rights activist Rada Boríc called the event “very inappropriate”.
See the moment of the kiss below:
German minister turns away when kissing Croatian colleague
“Maybe it was an awkward moment,” Radman has now told Croatian media. “If anyone sees anything bad in that, I apologize to that person.” The Croatian minister also said that a “warm greeting” is very common. “It was a warm human interaction between colleagues.”
Minister Baerbock has not responded so far. Sources close to the German minister say, according to the Bild newspaper, that it was an awkward attempt to greet each other quickly.
2023-11-04 18:10:26
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