Zelenskyy comments on Biden's gaffe when he called him "Putin"
He said that the US supports Ukraine so much that mistakes can be ignored
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called it a "mistake" that his American counterpart Joe Biden called him "President Putin".
Biden made the remark during his speech on the last day of the NATO summit on 11 July amid heated debate in the Democratic Party over whether he should withdraw from the presidential election.
"And now I want to turn the floor over to the President of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he does determination. Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin," Biden said.
Having made a mistake, Biden quickly corrected himself.
"President Putin? I'm so focused on defeating Putin that I have to think about it all the time," Biden said.
In response, Zelenskyy joked:
"I'm better," and Biden replied: "You're a hell of a lot better".
Speaking at a press conference on 13 July during a brief visit to Ireland, which he visited on his way back from a NATO summit, Zelenskyy downplayed the incident.
"This is a mistake. I believe that the US has provided great support to Ukrainians. We can forget some mistakes, I think," he told Reuters.
On 13 July, in Ireland, Prime Minister Simon Harris welcomed Zelenskyy to his country and said he would visit Kyiv "in the coming weeks".
Speaking at a press conference, Harris said he had a "very good meeting" with President Zelenskyy and discussed a possible bilateral agreement on demining, energy, humanitarian aid and food security.
"We discussed support for Ukraine, continued cooperation in demining and cybersecurity. We talked about the next steps to implement the decisions of the Peace Summit and discussed the efforts needed to increase the world's attention to the issue of children illegally deported by Russia. Thank you to Ireland for supporting the Peace Summit in Switzerland! I thank the Prime Minister for his great personal attention and involvement in the efforts to bring children home!" Zelenskyy wrote in a post on social media after the meeting.
Background. Speaking at the NATO summit, Joe Biden reportedly said he would not withdraw from the presidential election. Meanwhile, his rivals are spreading episodes where he accidentally called his vice president Trump and Zelenskyy Putin.
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