![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/president-joe-biden-confuses-cambodia-and-columbia-in-front-of-cambodian-pm/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20409177-1668296413165.jpg&description=US President Joe Biden yesterday referred to Cambodia as Colombia. He met PM Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, which is hosting a summit of ten South East Asian countries. He met PM Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, which is hosting a summit of ten South East Asian countriesCredit: Rex US President Joe Biden referred to Cambodia as ColombiaCredit: AP Biden, 80 next week, said: 'I want to thank the PM of Colombia for his leadership as ASEAN chair.' This comes weeks after Biden was mocked for stumbling over Rishi Sunak's name in a speech praising the new PM's appointment as a 'groundbreaking moment'. The 79-year-old said: 'Just today, we've got news that 'Rashid Sanook' is now the prime minister. "As my brother would say, 'Go figure!'' Speaking during a ceremony at the White House marking the Hindu festival of Diwali he called it 'pretty astounding' and a 'groundbreaking moment'. Sunak, 42, is a practising Hindu and the first non-white PM. The US president later tweeted: 'Congratulations to Rishi Sunak on becoming Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 'Together, I look forward to enhancing our cooperation on issues critical to global security and prosperity, including continuing our strong support for Ukraine.'){kind=link}
US President Joe Biden yesterday referred to Cambodia as Colombia.
He met PM Hun Sen in Phnom Penh, which is hosting a summit of ten South East Asian countries.
Biden, 80 next week, said: “I want to thank the PM of Colombia for his leadership as ASEAN chair.”
This comes weeks after Biden was mocked for stumbling over Rishi Sunak’s name in a speech praising the new PM’s appointment as a “groundbreaking moment”.
The 79-year-old said: “Just today, we’ve got news that ‘Rashid Sanook’ is now the prime minister.