Bild reported an awkward attempt by the Croatian Foreign Minister to kiss Berbock

Another awkward incident occurred at the EU summit in Berlin. Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic-Radman tried to kiss his German counterpart Annalena Bärbock. The video spread across social networks, and the incident itself was written about in the newspaper. Bild.

“In the group photo, Minister Radman (65 years old) stood next to Berbock, first grabbed her hand and, while she was looking at him, began to kiss. It seems that he wanted to kiss her on the lips. But Berbock turned away with lightning speed.”write the authors of Bild.

The incident caused a huge stir. Thus, a member of the ultra-left party, Ivana Kekin, said that Grlic-Radman “disgraced all Croats,” and the country’s former Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor emphasized that if a man tries to kiss a woman against her will, then this is considered violence.

Meanwhile, Berbock’s entourage said that what happened was just an awkward attempt to say hello, because the Croatian minister was late, and all his colleagues had already greeted each other.

It is separately noted that Gordan Grlic-Radman publicly apologized.