Gatecrash or misrepresentation? Did Pak PM interrupt Putin's closed-door meeting? Fact check

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif faced dense trolling connected societal media aft a video claiming helium had "gatecrashed" a closed-door gathering betwixt Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan went viral connected Friday.

The video was aboriginal deleted, claiming that it whitethorn person been a "misrepresentation of the events".According to a station earlier shared by RT India, Sharif had waited for astir 40 minutes for a gathering with President Putin astatine the International Forum for Peace and Trust successful Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. The station claimed that the Pakistani PM past walked into an ongoing gathering betwixt Putin and Erdogan and stayed for astir 10 minutes earlier leaving without securing a abstracted interaction."PM Sharif waited for implicit 40 minutes for President Putin earlier increasing bushed and gate-crashing the Russian leader's gathering with Erdogan. He near 10 minutes later," RT India had earlier posted connected X. The video triggered wide ridicule online, with galore users questioning Sharif’s diplomatic behaviour and calling the occurrence a "huge planetary embarrassment !!", particularly astatine a clip erstwhile Pakistan has been trying to fortify ties with Russia.

RT India aboriginal deleted the station and issued a clarification, stating that, "We deleted an earlier station astir Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif waiting to conscionable Vladimir Putin astatine the Peace and Trust Forum successful Turkmenistan. The station whitethorn person been a misrepresentation of the events." Russian state-owned quality bureau RIA Novosti reported that Putin and Erdogan continued their talks privately aft members of some delegations had exited the room, but made nary notation of immoderate alleged "gatecrashing" by Sharif.Meanwhile, Sharif shared a station connected X highlighting his enactment with Turkish President Erdogan astatine the event. "Met my beloved brother, President @RTErdogan, connected the sidelines of the International Forum connected Peace and Trust successful Ashgabat. It is ever a pleasance to speech views with a time-tested and trusted person of Pakistan," Sharif wrote connected X.He added that the 2 leaders reaffirmed "the deep, historical bonds betwixt Pakistan and Turkiye" and discussed practice successful "trade, energy, defence, connectivity, and investment," on with determination and planetary issues including Gaza and Afghanistan.The International Forum for Peace and Trust successful Ashgabat saw information from respective satellite leaders, including Putin, Erdogan and Sharif, amid ongoing geopolitical discussions and diplomatic engagements.