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Jacinda Ardern Meets Sanna Marin: Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin met New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in Auckland on Wednesday (30 November), this is the first meeting between the heads of the two countries. Jacinda is the Prime Minister of New Zealand since 2017. At the same time, Marin is leading Finland since 2019. After this meeting, they also held a joint press conference.
In this press conference, he answered the awkward question asked by a journalist in a very strict manner. This part of the press conference went viral on the internet. In a joint statement about the meeting, the two leaders said they discussed Ukrainian sovereignty, the climate crisis and the problems faced by women and girls in Iran.
What did the reporter ask?
In the press conference being held together by the two leaders, a New Zealand talk-radio station Newstalk ZB journalist asked, are you two leaders meeting because you are of the same age and both are women?
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responded to this awkward question of the journalist very simply. Not because of being of the same sex”
Ardern went on to say that my first question is, ‘I wonder if anyone ever asked Barack Obama and John Key if they met because they were the same age. The clip, which has gone viral on the Internet, has been viewed by more than 1.5 million people on Twitter. People are continuously giving their feedback by sharing it.
What did Ardern say?
He said that the former Prime Minister of New Zealand had met former US President Barack Obama several times during his tenure. Even after leaving the post, both of them have been seen playing golf together. Citing the United Nations Women, he said that at present only 13 countries have female leaders. New Zealand’s first female prime minister took office in 1997. In 2000, she became the first female President of Finland.
What did the prime minister of Finland say
Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin said that “we are meeting because we are Prime Ministers, “we have a lot of things in common, but also a lot of things where we can do a lot together.”
