Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had an awkward moment during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin where he asked, “Can somebody help me?”
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif met with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the SCO summit.
- Shehbaz Sharif had an awkward moment while plugging in his earphone.
- Sharif called out for help and asked, “Can somebody help me?”
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif held a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that was held in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand on Thursday. While setting up the meeting, Sharif faced an awkward moment as he tried to plug in his earphone.
Sharif called out for help after he had trouble plugging in his earphones and asked, “Can somebody help me?” even as a smiling Putin watched on. Watch the video here:
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif faces an awkward moment as he tries to plug in his earphone during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the #SCOSummit2022 in Samarkand.
“Can somebody help me,” Sharif asks. (Source: Ria Novosti) pic.twitter.com/tdz7YKXEhy
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In the video, Sharif’s earphone falls out again after someone came to help him, prompting a polite laugh from Putin before the meeting finally commenced.
During the meeting, Putin told Sharif that Russia can supply gas to Pakistan as necessary infrastructures are already in place. According to Russia’s state-run news agency TASS, Putin said, “The issue is about pipeline gas supplies from Russia to Pakistan…part of the infrastructure has already been created, meaning Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. We have to solve the Afghan issue.”
SCO SUMMIT 2022
The SCO is holding its first in-person summit in Samarkand in Uzbekistan after two years. The summit is being held over a span of two days from September 15 to 16.
The summit has been separated into two sessions—one restricted session which is only meant for the SCO member states, and an extended session for the observers and the special invitees of the chair country.
Launched in Shanghai in June 2001, the SCO has eight full members, including its six founding members; China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan joined as full members in 2017.
(With input from PTI)
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