The Embassy of the United States in Australia apologizes for the Cookie Monster cat email

The American Embassy in Australia apologized for an email invitation featuring a cat dressed in pajamas mistakenly sent by the US State Department.

The email, titled "meeting," was sent to an unknown number of recipients, confirmed US officials in Canberra.

He was accompanied by a picture of a cat wearing a Cookie Monster outfit and holding a plate of biscuits.

In a slight apology, the embassy called the e-mail "training error".

"Sorry to disappoint those of you who were hoping to attend this" pajama-jam cat "party, but such an event goes far beyond our area of ​​expertise," the Australian Associated Press said. American mission statement in Australia, Gavin Sundwall.

"It was a training error made by one of our new employees who was testing our newsletter platform by email."

The United States Embassy in New Zealand, however, has not missed an opportunity to be heard.

In addition to the words "pajama-jam chat", the email also contained words in Latin, and the recipients were given the opportunity to respond to the invitation.

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Sundwall said new controls will be put in place so that something similar does not happen again.

The United States has been without an ambassador in Australia for two years – the largest gap since the Second World War.