South Korean President Yoon Sok-yeol. Archival photoMOSCOW, 26 Sep. South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol called US lawmakers «morons» after talking with his counterpart Joe Biden, MBC reports. ;, says the South Korean leader to his aides in footage published by the channel.
As CNN suggested, the politician's remark refers to Joe Biden's pledge to contribute six billion dollars to the budget of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, for which he would need Congressional approval. South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-soo said it was unclear what exactly the head of state spoke. According to him, no one heard the exact wording of Yoon's statement, and he cannot draw conclusions about the circumstances in which the president's words were uttered. Press Secretary of the South Korean leader Kim Eun-hye noted that the head of state's statement did not refer to the United States. In his opinion, many people simply «misheard» watching the broadcast with Yoon's words accidentally caught in the frame. crop-height=»338″ data-source-sid=»ap_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1080″ decoding=»async» sizes=»(min-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw» src=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/08/1c/1812685909_0:160:3072:1888_1920x0_80_0_0_61b188507f77f753624db542d078e579.jpg» srcset=» data:image/svg%2xml%2 22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20width=%221920%22%20height=%221080%22%3E%3C/svg%3E 100w «data-srcset=»https://cdnn21. img.ria.ru/images/07e6/08/1c/1812685909_0:160:3072:1888_640x0_80_0_0_13fc4014414444aa8845f9dd4274833e.jpg 640w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/08/1c/1812685909_0:160:3072 :1888_1280x0_80_0_0_6a2e5692c1b7f418f851db5c11a2bedf.jpg 1280w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/08/1c/1812685909_0:160:3072:1888_1920x0_80_0_0_61b188507f77f753624db542d078e579.jpg 1920w»>В Италии ра hid Biden's plan to divide Europe into two parts