New Delhi: A purported video of Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif barging into a gathering between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has gone viral, inflicting a lot amusement and trolling on social media.
The reported fake pas occurred throughout Sharif’s go to to Turkmenistan’s capital metropolis, Ashgabat, on the sidelines of the Worldwide Discussion board to mark the Worldwide Yr of Peace and Belief. Sharif was reportedly stored ready for 40 minutes to satisfy Putin for his or her bilateral.
In a publish on X, state-controlled Russian media outlet RT Information, mentioned “PM Sharif waited for over 40 minutes for President Putin earlier than rising drained and gatecrashing the Russian chief’s assembly with Erdogan.”
Nonetheless, RT Information deleted the publish and shared one other publish claiming the earlier one “might have been a misrepresentation of occasions”.
Neither the Russian international ministry nor its Pakistani counterpart has issued an announcement clarifying the chain of occasions.
Sharif, in a publish late Friday night time on X, shared particulars of his assembly with Erdogan, calling him a “pricey brother” and a “trusted good friend of Pakistan”.
“We additionally exchanged views on regional and international developments, together with Gaza and Afghanistan, reaffirming our dedication to peace, stability, and the well-being of our peoples, the area and past,” he wrote.
The incident just isn’t the primary occasion of diplomatic embarrassment for the Pakistani PM. He was trolled after he fumbled along with his earpiece in September throughout a gathering with Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) assembly in Beijing.
In 2022 too, the Pakistani chief, whereas assembly Putin in Uzbekistan, had struggled to placed on earphones.
Sharif’s newest assembly comes only a week after Putin visited India for the annual India-Russia Summit.
(Edited by Viny Mishra)
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