Don't envy the committee with this one, pretty much damned every way really - if both sides are taken as being at their word, then which langauge is the one to trump the other?

Ultimately going to have to be a face to face and a gentlemanly handshake between both parties I think, accept that neither claim was made with malice, lost through translation or otherwise. Not sure where this can be punished without opening an even bigger can of worms (bascially racism).