The German Foreign Ministry apologized to the African Union for the statement against Lavrov

On January 24, the German Foreign Ministry published an entry on Twitter, in which it stated that Lavrov arrived on the continent not to look at leopards (a sticker with the image of an animal was used in the message. -

), but in order to talk about the intention of the Ukrainian authorities "destroy everything Russian."

The press secretary of the African Union, according to RIA Novosti, regarded this statement by the German Foreign Ministry as a mockery of the region and local residents.

“Your point of view is accepted, sorry.

We value our African partners, ”the German Foreign Ministry wrote after that.

They explained that under the leopard sticker they meant Leopard tanks that Germany would supply to Ukraine.