During the group photo, we kissed each other on the cheek after shaking hands.
The women’s community calls the “warm greeting” claim “inappropriate”
At the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers’ meeting held in Berlin, Germany on the 3rd, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlichradman (65) gave German Foreign Minister Annalena Verbock (43) a surprise ‘cheek kiss’, sparking controversy. . He apologized a day later, but controversies surrounding kissing, including ‘cheek kissing’, which was once common in Europe, are erupting everywhere. Recently, former Spanish Football Association President Luis Rubiales resigned due to heightened criticism after forcibly kissing a female player and was even suspended for three years.
According to the German news agency dpa on the 4th, Minister Grürrich Radmann told local media on this day, “(My kiss) may have been an awkward moment,” and “If anyone took (this) in a bad way, I apologize to the person who took it that way.” . However, he said, “I don’t know what the problem was. “We always greet each other warmly,” he also claimed. His own kiss was a warm human exchange for his fellow foreign minister.
In a video that has spread online, Minister Grürrich Radmann was taking a group photo at the time and shook hands with Minister Verbok, who was standing next to him, then leaned forward and kissed his cheek. Minister Verbok smiled awkwardly, as if embarrassed, and immediately turned his gaze to the other side.
Croatian women’s groups criticized Minister Grelicradman’s actions, calling them “extremely inappropriate.” Former Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, who served as Croatia’s first female prime minister from 2009 to 2011, said on social media A local media outlet criticized Minister Grürrich Radman, saying, “The diplomat’s diplomatic skills are undignified.” Usually, it is polite for a woman to ask for a cheek kiss or handshake first, but the idea is that the minister of one country does not even know basic etiquette.
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