After the 6th EU-Africa Summit, Ugandan Foreign Minister Jeje Odongo went to a special spot to greet the EU leadership and take pictures with them. However, the African ignored the President of the Commission, immediately turned to Charles Michel who was next to her and greeted him, without him protesting or reacting. Afterwards, Foreign Minister Jeje Odongo greeted French President Emanuel Macron, who was standing by with Von der Layen watching the incident in surprise.
However, Macron saved the situation, who when the Foreign Minister of Uganda took his place to be photographed, next to the President of the Commission, Macron persistently instructed him, to greet Von der Layen. The African politician then turned his head, bowed somewhat embarrassed, spoke to her for a moment, without shaking his hand again, and walked away to leave his seat to the Ethiopian Prime Minister who was coming to greet him.
Oh no, it’s #sofagate all over again. Good thing that this time Emmanuel Macron was there to save the day 🙂 pic.twitter.com/kvqdIDLOcc
— Viktor Daněk (@ViktorDanek_) February 18, 2022
The video from the new sofagate went viral on social media immediately with many social media users criticizing his behavior “It is offensive to everyone. “There should be a diplomatic protest in these cases,” someone wrote. “It was unacceptable,” others commented. “It's a huge insult from an apparently half-breed middle-aged man,” some wrote.
