US Diplomat Apologizes For Cursing Ally [View all]
Source: ABC News
The State Department’s top official for Europe apologized today after being caught making a crude and dismissive remark about the European Union, one of America’s top allies.
The spokeswoman hinted that Russia had taped and leaked the phone call, calling it “a new low in Russian tradecraft.”
A leaked phone call posted on YouTube caught Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland saying “f—k the EU” while speaking with U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt. Nuland used the expletive while complaining that the European Union hasn’t done enough to get Ukraine to break an agreement with Russia and instead sign on to a trade agreement with Europe.
Dmitry Loskutov, an aid to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, was among the first on Twitter to link to the video, which surfaced Tuesday. Rogozin also tweeted, “Sort of controversial judgment from Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland speaking about the EU.”
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