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Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen had an unusual encounter during an official visit to Moldova when the countrys first dog, a rescue belonging to Moldovan President Maia Sandu, bit him on the hand...
Video footage from Moldovan media showed van der Bellen standing with Sandu and Codrut, her rescue dog, during his visit to the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, on Friday..
When the Austrian president leaned down to pet Codrut, the dog snapped and briefly bit his hand...
It was a small wound that was treated with a bandage, van der Bellens office told the German news agency dpa, adding that the Austrian president is doing well..
Van der Bellen was meeting with Sandu and Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar to discuss Moldovas bid to join the European Union...
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