In a slip of the tongue, Biden confuses Cambodia and Colombia at the ASEAN summit

In a slip of the tongue, US President Joe Biden on Saturday referred to Cambodia, which is hosting an international summit led by Southeast Asian leaders, saying Colombia.

"Now that we are here again in Cambodia, I look forward to building even greater progress than we have already achieved, and I would like to thank the Prime Minister of Colombia for his leadership as President," Biden said as he met his fellow leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh. ASEAN and for hosting us all."

Biden was referring to Hun Sen, Cambodia's prime minister, who currently heads ASEAN, the 10-nation regional bloc.

Colombia, located in South America, seems strongly present in the mind of the American president, who made the same mistake while leaving the White House to travel to Asia.

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