Donald Trump slammed for mocking Uzbekistan president's name during Board of Peace summit

United States President Donald Trump has been called out for not being able to properly pronounce the President of Uzbekistan’s name during his Board of Peace summit today (19 February).

At one point during the summit, Trump addressed the audience, calling out Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s name.

However, it’s clear he wasn’t able to pronounce the world leader’s name, which is Shavkat Mirziyoyev.

A clip circling about on X shows Trump beginning by introducing Mirziyoyev by saying: "President…"

He then trails off, incorrectly pronouncing his name, before claiming Mirziyoyev is 'a friend of mine'.

"He’s got one of the most difficult names in history, but that’s OK. It doesn’t matter," Trump declared.

After catching light of the mishap, people rushed to social media to share their thoughts, with one X user slamming: "Then why not practice saying it before speaking?"

Donald Trump has been called out over his remarks made about the President of Uzbekistan (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

"We have an absolute idiot as president. What an embarrassment," hit out a second.

A third seethed: "And, this is the president of most powerful country on earth? Omfg!"

Another sarcastically quipped: "He’s so capable and well-prepared. Really puts in the study time.

And a final X user echoed: "I can see someone didn’t do their meeting prep?"

Tyla has reached out to the White House for comment.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev is the President of Uzbekistan (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump gathered members of his Board of Peace for an inaugural meeting that focused on reconstruction and building an international stabilisation force for Gaza.

Representatives from more than two dozen countries that have joined the Board, as well as several that have opted not to, attended the summit on Thursday.

Trump announced ahead of the meeting that board members have pledged five billion dollars for reconstruction, a fraction of the estimated 70 billion dollars needed to rebuild the Palestinian territory.

“We have the greatest leaders in the world joining the Board of Peace. I think it has the chance to be the most consequential board ever assembled of any kind,” he told reporters earlier this week, per PA.

According to the board’s official X account, there are over two dozen countries listed as founding members of the initiative.

They include: Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Other nations include: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cambodia, El Salvador, Hungary, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Mongolia, Pakistan, Paraguay, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

The board has faced criticism for potentially undermining the United Nations, as well as lacking Palestinian representation and including nations with questionable human rights records.

Britain, France and Germany, along with major Global South powers and the Vatican, have declined to join the board.

The Independent reports that member states would be limited to three-year terms unless they pay $1 billion each.