Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen has had an uncommon encounter throughout an official go to to Moldova when the nation’s first canine, a rescue belonging to Moldovan President Maia Sandu, bit him on the hand
ByThe Related Press
November 18, 2023, 5:22 AM
FILE – Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen arrives on the media middle Niederoesterreich after listening to first outcomes of the Austrian Presidential election in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen had an uncommon encounter on an official go to to Moldova on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 when he was bitten by the nation’s first canine, a rescue belonging to Moldovan President Maia Sandu. (AP Photograph/Markus Schreiber, File)
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BERLIN — Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen had an uncommon encounter throughout an official go to to Moldova when the nation’s first canine, a rescue belonging to Moldovan President Maia Sandu, bit him on the hand.
Video footage from Moldovan media confirmed van der Bellen standing with Sandu and Codrut, her rescue canine, throughout his go to to the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, on Friday. When the Austrian president leaned right down to pet Codrut, the canine snapped and briefly bit his hand.
“It was a small wound that was handled with a bandage,” van der Bellen’s workplace advised the German information company dpa, including that the Austrian president “is doing properly.”
Van der Bellen was assembly with Sandu and Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar to debate Moldova’s bid to affix the European Union.
The Austrian president posted concerning the incident on his Instagram web page later Friday, acknowledging it “triggered a little bit of a stir.”
“Everybody who is aware of me is aware of that I’m an enormous canine lover and might perceive his pleasure,” van der Bellen stated of Codrut the canine. “He was nervous due to all of the folks round him.”
