Romanian minister will personally apologize to Israel over Auschwitz gaffe

26 July 2018, 6:46 pm

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A Romanian minister will pay a visit to his country’s Israeli embassy to personally apologize for having compared the incineration of dead pigs infected with African swine fever to the Auschwitz concentration camp, Kan reports.

“We are shocked by the statement, but emphasize that the prime minister also apologized to the Jewish community on this matter,” the Foreign Ministry tells the public broadcaster.

Agriculture Minister Petre Daea, who made the original remark has also already apologized to Romania’s Jewish community as well.

Daea said in a television interview Tuesday that in breeding grounds affected by the disease, “pigs are incinerated, it’s extraordinary work, it’s like Auschwitz.”