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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Borzou Daragahi

Putin left waiting awkwardly alone at international summit

Reuters

Turkey’s president kept Russia’s Vladmir Putin waiting alone for an awkward minute that was captured on video and made waves across the world as an illustration of shifting power between Ankara and Moscow.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Mr Putin, both nationalistic autocrats, were in Tehran for a three-way summit with their Iranian hosts to discuss Syria and other security and economic matters, including the ongoing Russian war against Ukraine.

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