Romanian Government Recalled her Ambassador to Kenya
It happens on Saturday that Romania recalled its ambassador to Kenya for allegedly comparing a monkey to Africans while attending a meeting in Nairobi. Dragos Viorel Tigau as an Ambassador of Romania to Kenya was at a UN building in Kenya’s capital on April 26 when a monkey appeared at the window of the conference room.
“The African group has joined us,” said by Tigau and according to a note from the South Sudanese embassy in Kenya seen by AFP.The Romanian foreign ministry claimed that it had only been informed of the incident this week and “began a procedure to recall its ambassador” for making such comment comparing Africans with monkey.
“We deeply regret this situation and offer our apologies to all those who have been affected,” said by Romanian ministry of foreign affairs,it added, saying racist behaviour or comments were “absolutely unacceptable”.Kenyan diplomat Macharia Kamau said the episode “appalled and disgusted” him.“Utter shame attempts to cover up this disgrace. This (is) intolerable and unacceptable in any age, let alone (the) 21st century,” he wrote on Twitter.