He is a mouthpiece of the regime and when he's speaking in an official capacity like this probably shouldn't even be considered sentient, because his only purpose when giving these interviews is to give regime-approved opinions in his own words. So he himself is not responsible for the thoughts, only the words he's using to express them.
This is like a chat bot getting confused when you ask it something slightly off the beaten path and having it ask you "what do you think <what you just said> means?" Obviously CNN needs to find a better chat bot for the next interview, because this one isn't very good.
He is a mouthpiece of the regime and when he's speaking in an official capacity like this probably shouldn't even be considered sentient, because his only purpose when giving these interviews is to give regime-approved opinions in his own words. So he himself is not responsible for the thoughts, only the words he's using to express them.
This is like a chat bot getting confused when you ask it something slightly off the beaten path and having it ask you "what do you think <what you just said> means?" Obviously CNN needs to find a better chat bot for the next interview, because this one isn't very good.