New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was set to hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sideline at an international forum in Turkmenistan marking the 30th anniversary of the nation's permanent neutrality on Friday, December 12.

A video posted by RT India shows that Sharif inadvertently walked into a private meeting between Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after his own planned bilateral with the Russian leader was postponed.

Having waited about 40 minutes in a nearby room with Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, a visibly eager Sharif eventually made his way into the hall where Putin and Erdoğan were in discussions, hoping to at least exchange a few words. He reportedly lef...