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An "epic mistake" saw a NATO country dramatically declar war on a surprised Vladimir Putin during a summit after a translator made a clanger.
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was reciting opening remarks at a summit in Sochi when the official interpreter cocked up and said there was a war between Turkey and Russia.
The Russian dictator appeared momentarily nonplussed as the interpreter translated the president's words. “There is war between Russia and Turkey,” announced the Turkish-Russian translation of Erdoğan's remarks.
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Turkey is a NATO state so such a war would engulf the entire world.
“The current situation between Ukraine and Russia….This is the backdrop of this visit," said Erdogan, as he made clear he wanted to act as a broker over the grain deal to feed the world's poorest nations.
"And your invitation – we are glad to have received this invitation. My delegation is glad to have received this invitation.”
Telegram channel Crimean Wind called out an “epic mistake” by the official interpreter at the summit between Turkey, a NATO member, and Russia.
It was unclear if the male interpreter was Russian or Turkish.
The official record of Erdogan’s remarks show that he did not make the mistake – it was the interpreter’s.
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It was a rare visit for a foreign leader for an isolated Putin ostracised over his bloody war with Ukraine.
Russia is ready to supply up to one million tons of grain at a preferential price through Turkey to the poorest countries, said the dictator.
Erdogan, 69, agreed to travel to Russia after Putin, 70, refused to go abroad to Turkey.
Putin used his press conference to claim he had been cheated by the West over the grain export deal across the Black Sea – a familiar charge.
"As usual… it often happens this way with our Western partners, they cheated on us again," said the dictator. "And didn’t do as promised – again."
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