Romania says it is recalling its ambassador to Kenya after he referred to African diplomats as “monkey”.

Ambassador Dragos Tigau was meeting with diplomats in Nairobi on April 26 when a monkey appeared at a window of the conference room.

“The African Group has joined us,” he said, according to a note from the South Sudanese embassy in Kenya seen by the AFP news agency.

African diplomats condemned the comment and threatened to walk out of meetings attended by the ambassador.

“The African Group would like to condemn in strongest terms possible the insulting, racist and degrading utterances,” wrote Chol Ajongo, South Sudan’s ambassador to Kenya who leads African diplomats in Nairobi, in a letter demanding an apology.

One document said Russia’s deputy ambassador “reprimanded” the Romanian official who apologized “after some hesitation”, according to CNN.

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Mr Tigau later sent two apology letters to the diplomats. He initially said his comments were an attempt at “relaxin https://pluboard.com/2023/06/12/africa/romania-ambassador-to-kenya-calls-africans-monkey-and-is-fired/

Before nko ! He should have used the word apes. 😎