Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – A video clip showing Russian President Vladimir Putin waiting for his Kyrgyz counterpart Sader Gabarov on Thursday sparked widespread controversy on social networks.
In the video, Putin waited about 30 seconds before Gabarov arrived before their meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Economic Cooperation Organization meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
At that moment, Putin tried to correct the situation and began leafing through a series of papers, before the Kyrgyz president arrived to exchange greetings and peace with him.
The advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, Anton Gerashchenko, commented on the video, saying: “Putin was publicly humiliated again. Previously, the head of the Kremlin made him wait for world leaders. Now the president of Kyrgyzstan takes the liberty of doing it. late for a meeting with Putin. “
The Russian president was known to be late and made everyone wait. The tweeters described what happened as “embarrassing” and it is a reflection of the recent losses of the Russian military in Ukraine, they said.
Last July, Putin faced the same situation when Erdogan was about a minute late during their meeting in the Iranian capital, Tehran. At the time, tweeters said Erdogan’s response was deliberate to respond to a previous incident in Moscow and that the Russian president made him wait more than two minutes with his delegation in 2020.
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