Maia Sandu and Alexander Van der Bellen had been walking in Moldovan presidential residence when Austrian chief tried to pet canine
Reuters
Fri 17 Nov 2023 16.27 CET
The canine of the Moldovan president, Maia Sandu, has overturned protocol by biting the visiting Austrian president, Alexander Van der Bellen, on the hand.
The incident occurred on Thursday when the 2 leaders had been strolling within the courtyard of the Moldovan presidential residence within the capital, Chișinău, and Van der Bellen tried to pet the canine, Moldovan media reported.
Sandu apologised in English and mentioned the canine, a rescue named Codrut, which means small forest, had develop into frightened by the big numbers of individuals close by. At Van der Bellen’s subsequent assembly, with the speaker of Moldova’s parliament, the Austrian president appeared along with his hand bandaged.
In a video posted to Instagram on Friday, Van der Bellen sympathised with the canine. “Everyone who knows me knows I’m a big dog lover and can understand his excitement,” he wrote, including that his assembly with Sandu and different officers had been “very good”.
Van der Bellen mentioned he had given the canine a small toy on the final day of his go to.
The talks in Chișinău, attended by Van der Bellen and the president of Slovenia, Nataša Pirc Musar, targeted on the bid by Moldova, which lies between Ukraine and Romania, to hitch the EU.
Sandu, who rescued the canine after it was hit by a automotive, posted footage on social media of her pet with the 2 presidents.
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