Carl Bildt faces flak for 'Davos dinner to discuss global hunger' tweet

Denmark News.Net
Saturday 28th January, 2012

Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has sparked ridicule for a tweet saying that he was looking forward to an elite Davos dinner to discuss "global hunger".

"Leaving Stockholm and heading for Davos. Looking forward to World Food Program dinner tonight. Global hunger is an urgent issue! davos," he tweeted.

Davos is a luxurious Swiss ski resort where the global elite of politics and business meet.

Bildt regularly informs his 90,000 Twitter followers of his jet-setting travels around the world and presence at VIP events.

But his suggestion that talks over the fine food and wines is the right way to fight the hunger faced by the world's poorest countries triggered a harsh response, the Telegraph reported.

"Ironic or ignorant?" asked Stefan De Vries, @stefandevries, a Dutch journalist.

"Then maybe we should change the proverb 'Ignorance is bliss' into 'Ignorance is Bildt'," responded Camilla Fuhr, @CamillaFuhr, a Danish photojournalist.

Ben Hammersley, @benhammersley, the editor at large of Wired, lamented: "Satire is dead MT @carlbildt ...heading for Davos. Looking forward to World Food Program dinner tonight. Global hunger is an urgent issue!"

Despite the ridicule, tens of thousands of retweets and calls for him to explain his comment as either being ironic or serious, Bildt has since maintained a diplomatic silence. (ANI)

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