With his visit, Pakistan’s head of government offered the Russian president the opportunity to present himself as a sought-after statesman.
(Photo: via REUTERS)
Bangkok It only took a few hours after the order to attack Ukraine was given before the first foreign head of government, Vladimir Putin, shook hands in front of the cameras. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in the Kremlin on Thursday afternoon for the meeting – and thus offered the Russian President the opportunity to present himself as a statesman who is still in demand.
Putin returned the favor for the symbolic images with an unusually warm welcome: unlike his European counterparts Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz, Khan did not have to sit at a meter-long table. He was allowed to sit at a living room table, just an arm’s length away from the Kremlin boss.
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