Azerbaijani Authorities Confess: Sergey Lavrov’s Name Was Mispronoun

AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES CONFESS: SERGEY LAVROV’S NAME WAS MISPRONOUNCED AS SWEARWORD – VIDEO

August 16, 2013 | 17:53

Azerbaijani authorities confessed: an employee of protocol department
insulted Russian FM Sergey Lavrov during the signing ceremony of
bilateral agreements between Russia and Azerbaijan.

According to the Azerbaijani online resource haqqin.az, the incident
happened during the signing ceremony when a person announcing the names
of officials mispronounced Sergey Lavrov’s name, “a very difficult”
name for a Russian speaker.

Because of mispronunciation, Lavrov’s name sounded like an f-word in
Azerbaijani. In any case, it is noteworthy that a video was posted
on YouTube by the Russian side, and was the subject of extensive
discussion in Azerbaijan and far beyond.

Meanwhile, a source told haqqin.az, that an employee of the protocol
department of the presidential administration was “fired for making
a mistake.”

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