Romania’s foreign minister has apologised after a diplomatic gaffe during a meeting with his German counterpart, reports Euronews.
Bogdan Aurescu expressed his regret after handing Germany’s foreign minister a commemorative booklet with a map of France covered in the German flag.
It’s the second time in just over a month Romania’s foreign ministry has had to apologise for a mistake.
The latest gaffe came at a news conference to mark the visit of Germany’s foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, pictured above, to Romania.
The booklet was intended to commemorate 135 years of diplomatic relations between Germany and Romania.
“Due to a regrettable technical error, exclusively on the cover of the booklet, the border of the maps of Romania and France – with the latter being covered by the German flag – was printed,” the ministry said in a statement.
“The Romanian foreign minister has directly conveyed profound regret for this situation to his German counterpart.”
Romania’s national news agency Agerpres, which produced the booklet, also issued an apology.