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Fidgeting Putin kept waiting for Erdogan ahead of talks
The meeting in Iran was Putin's first with a NATO alliance leader since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.
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This handout picture taken and released by the Turkish Presidency on July 19, 2022 shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) speaking with Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, as they arrive for a joint news conference at the end of the Astana Trilateral Summit at the Tehran International Conference Hall in Tehran.
(AFP/Mustafa Kamaci)
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ussian President Vladimir Putin was left waiting and fidgeting for 50 seconds by Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan ahead of talks in Tehran on Tuesday, prompting Turkish media to draw parallels with Putin making him and other leaders stand by in the past.
The meeting in Iran was Putin's first with a NATO alliance leader since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.
A video released by the Turkish presidency showed Putin standing in front of his chair and the nations' two flags, his hands clasped, mouth twitching and his stance shifting before Erdogan appears. Putin then raises his hands to his sides.
📹 | #Turkish President #Erdogan and #Russia|n President #Putin have met in #Iran.pic.twitter.com/XJpajgKGnW
— EHA News (@eha_news) July 19, 2022
"Hello, how are you, good?" Erdogan said as they then smiled at each other and shook hands.
Media reports compared the incident with others of Putin letting world leaders cool their heels in the past, notably in Moscow in 2020 when Erdogan was left waiting for about two minutes by the Russian leader ahead of a meeting.
Turkey's T24 website asked in a headline: "Was it revenge?"
