The message also included Latin text and an RSVP option, BuzzFeed News reported.
The US embassy in Australia accidentally sent out a cat photo instead of a meeting invite. https://t.co/NOHLA8RbjJ pic.twitter.com/NfqebepiIE
— Josh Taylor (@joshgnosis) October 15, 2018
“Sorry to disappoint those of you who were hoping to attend this ‘cat pajama-jam’ party, but such an event falls well outside our area of expertise," he wrote in a follow-up email two days after the original.
“It was a training error made by one of our new staff testing out our email newsletter platform.”
The BBC reported that Sundwall said there would be new controls implemented to prevent something similar happening again in the future.
Although the gaffe may be embarrassing, the U.S. Embassy in New Zealand tweeted amusement about it.
We are actually LOLing here in NZ @USAembassyinOZ 🤣🤣🤣https://t.co/WziJ8TTiUh pic.twitter.com/26qWgMo5ll
— US Embassy NZ 🇺🇸🇳🇿 (@usembassynz) October 15, 2018
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