You say Cambodia, Biden says Colombia

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) greets the United States President Joe Biden before a gala dinner during the The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Phnom Penh in Cambodia, 12 November 2022. EPA-EFE/MICK TSIKAS ' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/11/13/20221113-joe.jpg' ><figcaption>Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) greets the United States President Joe Biden before a gala dinner during the The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Phnom Penh in Cambodia, 12 November 2022. <em>EPA-EFE/MICK TSIKAS </em></figcaption></figure></div><p>PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN gained a surprise new member from the other side of the world Saturday -- at least for an instant, courtesy of a verbal slip by US President Joe Biden.</p><p>"I want to thank the prime minister for Colombia's leadership as ASEAN chair," Biden said as he opened talks with regional leaders in Phnom Penh chaired by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.</p><p>South America's Colombia seems to be on the US president's mind, because he made the same mistake as he set out from the White House for his long trip to Asia.</p><p>He told reporters he was "heading over to Colombia", before quickly correcting himself to say "I mean Cambodia".</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/10/22/philippines-asked-to-import-more-cambodian-rice-report'>Philippines asked to import more Cambodian rice during ASEAN Summit: report</a></li></ul><p>Biden, who turns 80 this month, has been known as a gaffe machine for much of his storied career in Washington.</p><p>His latest glitch, while geographically challenged, was still perhaps less glaring than Vice President Kamala Harris's statement during a September visit to the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea.</p><p>On that occasion Harris said that the US has "an alliance with the Republic of North Korea. And it is an alliance that is strong and enduring."</p><p>sms/pdw/smw</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2340142' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>He told reporters he was "heading over to Colombia", before quickly correcting himself to say "I mean Cambodia".</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/10/22/philippines-asked-to-import-more-cambodian-rice-report'>Philippines asked to import more Cambodian rice during ASEAN Summit: report</a></li></ul><p>Biden, who turns 80 this month, has been known as a gaffe machine for much of his storied career in Washington.</p><p>His latest glitch, while geographically challenged, was still perhaps less glaring than Vice President Kamala Harris's statement during a September visit to the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea.</p><p>On that occasion Harris said that the US has "an alliance with the Republic of North Korea. And it is an alliance that is strong and enduring."</p><p>sms/pdw/smw</p><p>© Agence France-Presse</p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2340142' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>"I want to thank the prime minister for Colombia's leadership as ASEAN chair," Biden said as he opened talks with regional leaders in Phnom Penh chaired by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.</p><p>South America's Colombia seems to be on the US president's mind, because he made the same mistake as he set out from the White House for his long trip to Asia.</p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) greets the United States President Joe Biden before a gala dinner during the The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Phnom Penh in Cambodia, 12 November 2022. EPA-EFE/MICK TSIKAS ' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/overseas/11/13/20221113-joe.jpg' ><figcaption>Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) greets the United States President Joe Biden before a gala dinner during the The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Phnom Penh in Cambodia, 12 November 2022. <em>EPA-EFE/MICK TSIKAS </em></figcaption></figure></div><p>PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN gained a surprise new member from the other side of the world Saturday -- at least for an instant, courtesy of a verbal slip by US President Joe Biden.</p>

Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN gained a surprise new member from the other side of the world Saturday -- at least for an instant, courtesy of a verbal slip by US President Joe Biden.

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