Foreign Minister Draws Massive Irk From Saudi Nationals on Diplomatic Etiquettes

[Jinn Baba]

SMQ seems to be in the habit of p1ssing the Saudis off (rightly or wrongly).

All the members who are saying SMQ was right - how many of you actually work in a professional setting? I wouldn't do that in a business meeting or with a client, and I work in the UK!! And if one of you did that with me, I too would think you're ill mannered!

Saudi paisa bhee chahiyay, Saudi support bhee chahiyay, har doosri military purchase may aas lagai rakhtay ho that Saudis fund it, and you can't even have the decency to sit up straight in front of one of their delegates

 

[Stryker1982]

King of SA during a dinner with the queen ended up drinking hot water meant for cleaning his hands
Thinking of it as some kind of an exotic soup

Saying that
Yes FM was wrong here, shouldn't have done that

He should know, even I know that bottom of shoe should not be facing towards the person. So to me it looked on purpose

 

[Wood]

Surely, Pakistani Foreign Minister knows pointing the sole of a foot towards a person is insulting in most Asian cultures?

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This indeed looks disrespectful. It seems like the minister forgot basic courtesy to a state official

 

[Maula Jatt]

He should know, even I know that bottom of shoe should not be facing towards the person. So to me it looked on purpose

I don't think it was on purpose
He was just being a buboon but not on purpose

 

[MultaniGuy]

Saudis took to social media to express their disapproval of the Pakistani FM's seating position stating his demeanor was 'the height of foolishness and ignorance'.

Saudis have spoken of their outrage over the "insulting" seating position of Pakistan's foreign minister during a meeting with his Saudi counterpart on Tuesday.

Social media users in the kingdom slammed Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi for his posture when he received his Saudi counterpart, Nawaf bin Said al-Malki, in Islamabad.

Qureshi can be seen sitting with one leg crossed and the other pointing in Al-Malki's direction, which was deemed offensive by many Saudis.

The ministers met to discuss current events in the region and "review bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries", according to the Saudi Embassy in Pakistan.

But Saudis and Arabs saw the meeting in a different light.

"Pakistani foreign minister receives Saudi ambassador in Pakistan with unmatched hospitality," said one user.




"If there is no strong reason (medical) for the Pakistani foreign minister to receive the kingdom's ambassador in this way, then this is the height of impudence and foolishness and ignorance of the basics of diplomatic protocol," one Twitter user said. "Frankly, if I were one of the Saudi ambassadors, I would have left,"




Another social media user wrote: "Rude, thoughtless and undiplomatic behaviour of the [Pakistani] Minister of Foreign Affairs towards the [Saudi] ambassador... admired how he kept silent about this insult!"

Others compared the "insulting" way Qureshi received Al-Malki to his "polite" demeanour while receiving other officials.




The Saudi Embassy posted a zoomed-in video of the encounter where Qureishi's foot is not visible.




Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have deep diplomatic and military ties, but the countries' relations have been strained in recent years after Islamabad reportedly refused a request by Riyadh to contribute troops to the Yemen war.

Saudis 'insulted' by Pakistan FM's 'offensive' posture in meeting with KSA counterpart

Saudis took to social media to express their disapproval of the Pakistani FM's seating position stating his demeanor was 'the height of foolishness and ignorance'.

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As if Indians should teach us how to do diplomacy. LOL!

 

[jericho]

If a white or western person had done that, the saudis would have said nothing. Thing with these guys is that they see Pakistanis as an inferior race that should be their slaves.

If a western country is dependent on Saudi loan the way Pakistan is then maybe they would say something. The bigger problem here is with Pakistan that has soo much external debt along with pathetic amount reserves, due to which it had to get 3bn from Saudi just a few weeks ago. Had Saudi not given this 3bn, only god knows what the value of rupee might have been right now.

 

[MultaniGuy]

Surely, Pakistani Foreign Minister knows pointing the sole of a foot towards a person is insulting in most Asian cultures?

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Personally I think it is just his seating habit. It is just a coincidence.
I wouldn't make a mountain of a mow hill over this bullshyt.

 

[Indos]

Not appropriate sitting if it is one on one meeting

Bonus

 

[Riz]

Surely, Pakistani Foreign Minister knows pointing the sole of a foot towards a person is insulting in most Asian cultures?

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Yes he should learn some manners from leaders of different donkeys

Not appropriate sitting if it is one on one meeting

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Bonus

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This is normal sir

 

[Indos]

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That is different with the way your FM sit

For civilian like us, between friends are OK and this is show the feet is not appointed to other speaker

Appropriate

Compare to this, something is not right

Not elegant, but shows Bossy attitude

 

[mudas777]

If a western country is dependent on Saudi loan the way Pakistan is then maybe they would say something. The bigger problem here is with Pakistan that has soo much external debt along with pathetic amount reserves, due to which it had to get 3bn from Saudi just a few weeks ago. Had Saudi not given this 3bn, only god knows what the value of rupee might have been right now.

Don't try to make a mole hill out of nothing. Saudi's have given us a loan and they are earning interest on the deposited money. FM minister of a country is conversing with an ambassador of a brotherly country in a relaxed way and no disrespect is meant for him. Posture is nothing out of ordinary here just some one have got nothing better to do to come up with such pathetic narrow mindedness here.
Israeli's here are forgetting when they did made Turkish ambassador to sit on the low chair then the ordinary official and took pictures to be little the ambassador. Pathetic people.

 

[Clutch]

 

[MastanKhan]

Surely, Pakistani Foreign Minister knows pointing the sole of a foot towards a person is insulting in most Asian cultures?

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Hi,

A foreign minster does not sit like that with dignitaries---period.

 

[Longhorn]

the saudis didnt bit ch when trump said to MBS you need to pay up for security you got alot of money which MBS made a face like a slapped a ss.

Amreeka Number 1

 

[Riz]

That is different with the way your FM sit

For civilian like us, between friends are OK and this is show the feet is not appointed to other speaker

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Appropriate

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Compare to this, something is not right

Not elegant, but shows Bossy attitude

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Come on its just camera angle thats why its looks so weird to us