Turkish Leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan Keeps Putin Waiting For Talks In Tehran

 

Daily Mail: Payback! 'Humiliated' Putin kept waiting for toe-curling 48 seconds by Turkey's Erdogan in first face-to-face talks since Ukraine - two years after Russian leader pulled a similar stunt 

* Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin met face-to-face in Iran on Tuesday 

* It was the first meeting between the two leaders since war in Ukraine started 

* But Erdogan kept Putin waiting for 48 seconds in what appeared to be a snub 

* Putin was 'humiliated', Ukraine foreign ministry adviser said, while others said it showed how far his standing has fallen since the war 

Vladimir Putin was snubbed by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan who left him twiddling his thumbs in front of TV cameras during a summit in Iran yesterday. 

The Russian leader was holding face-to-face talks with his sometimes-ally in Tehran on Tuesday for the first time since ordering the invasion of Ukraine back in February. 

 But he was left waiting for a toe-curling 48 seconds in front of the world's press as Erdogan failed to arrive on time for a hand-shaking photo-op.  

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Update #1: Erdoğan keeps Putin waiting in awkward moment ahead of Tehran talks (The Guardian) Update #2: Fidgety Putin kept waiting for Erdogan ahead of talks (Euronews)  

WNU Editor: Putin has a history of making leaders wait. But he has also waited for leaders. I recall a decade ago he was waiting 5 minutes for his friend and Italian leader Berlusconi.