Putin stood up by Turkish president who dared to leave him waiting for photo op

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Vladimir Putin was left squirming when the president of Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, made him wait for him for almost a minute.

Putin was seen fidgeting when he was made to wait for 50 seconds by his Turkish counterpart ahead of talks in Iran yesterday.

A video released by the Turkish presidency showed Putin looking noticeably uncomfortable as he stood with his hands clasped, mouth twitching, and fidgeting as he waited.

When Erdogan did finally appear Putin could be seen raising his hands and looking noticeably relieved.

‘Hello, how are you, good?’ Erdogan said as he entered the room before the pair shook hands.

The incident prompted Turkish media to question whether the Russian president was being given a taste of his own medicine.

Putin has been known to make other world leaders wait for him in the past, including Erdogan, who he made wait for two minutes in Moscow in 2020.

The pair were in Iran for talks with each other and Iranian leaders as Russian tries to strengthen ties with the nation.

The meeting was Putin’s first with a Nato alliance leader since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.

The invasion has killed thousands of Ukrainian and displaced millions more.

But it has also hampered shipments from Ukraine which is one of the world’s biggest exporters of wheat and other grain, sparking fears of global food shortages.

Putin said ‘progress’ had been made in discussions towards exporting grain from Ukraine.

After talks with both Erdogan and Iran’s president, Putin said any deal hinged on the West’s willingness to yield some ground.

‘We will facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain, but we are proceeding from the fact that all restrictions related to possible deliveries for the export of Russian grain will be lifted,’ he told reporters.

Nato member Turkey has been using its good relations with both the Kremlin and Kyiv to try and broker an agreement on a safe way to deliver the grain.

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