Kept Waiting 40 Minutes, Pakistan PM Sharif Gate-Crashes Putin–Erdogan Meeting | Watch

New Delhi: Pakistani Prime MinisterPakistani Prime MinisterPakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was heavily trolled on Friday after videos of him ‘gatecrashing’ a meeting between Russian and Turkish Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, went viral on social media. According to Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti, Putin and Erdogan continued holding talks in a private setting after members of the two countries’ delegations left.

“A little later, the Pakistani Prime Minister joined the meeting , having expected to negotiate with Putin in another room,” the report mentioned. Videos circulating on social media showed Sharif getting highly impatient while waiting for Putin on the sidelines of an international forum being held in Ashgabat on the International Year of Peace and Trust, International Neutrality Day, and the 30th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s permanent neutrality.

Reports cited that the Pakistani PM waited for Putin for more than 40 minutes along with his delegation that also included Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar before deciding to gatecrash the Russian President’s meeting with his Turkish counterpart going on in another room of the Congress Centre in the capital of Turkmenistan.