Saudi unhappy with Shah Mahmood's manner of sitting with Saudi ambassador
Expressing displeasure on social media, Pakistani users also advised Foreign Minister to learn diplomatic etiquette.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi found it costly to sit in an informal meeting with the Saudi ambassador. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi's sitting with his Saudi counterpart angered Saudi citizens. Shah Mehmood Qureshi's informal meeting with the Saudi ambassador has sparked a flurry of comments on social media.
Consumers say that turning the foot towards the guest is an insult to the guest, this style does not indicate respect.
At the same time, Pakistani consumers also termed the style of sitting of the Foreign Minister as inappropriate. One user said that it is very rude to sit with one's feet towards the guest.وزير الخارجية الباكستاني يستقبل السفير السعودي في باكستان بحفاوة منقطعة النظير😂 #فريق_مجاهدون pic.twitter.com/jPMoDtOXxt
— 💎.OSCAR.💎 (@BO__JG777) December 29, 2021
No matter what position a person holds, he should be distinguished.
One user said that Shah Sahib should learn how to sit in front of disciples and ambassadors. Foreign Ministry should train him in protocol.وزير الخارجية الباكستاني يستقبل السفير السعودي في باكستان بحفاوة منقطعة النظير😂 #فريق_مجاهدون pic.twitter.com/jPMoDtOXxt
— 💎.OSCAR.💎 (@BO__JG777) December 29, 2021
Earlier in the meeting with the Chinese delegation, Shah Mehmood Qureshi's sitting style was also the focus of attention. Earlier, when Prime Minister Imran Khan paid a two-day official visit in 2019, a photo of a high-level meeting with Turkish officials accompanied by a delegation of Prime Minister Imran Khan went viral on social media. Tookشاہ صاحب کو مریدین اور سفیروں کے سامنے بیٹھنے کا طریقہ سیکھنا چاہیے وزرات خارجہ ان کو پروٹوکول کی تربیت دے یہ کوئی چوہدری پنچایت نہی کر رہا بلکہ جو ہر مشکل وقت پاکستان کی مدد کرتا ہے اس کے سفیر کی عزت و وقار کا خیال کرنا چاہیے کچھ تہزیب و تمیز سیکھنی چاہیے@SMQureshiPTI https://t.co/I8mZLJPahK
— عاطف راجپوت (@MatifIqbal5) December 29, 2021
In this photo, a delegation accompanying Prime Minister Imran Khan to Turkey is seen sitting casually in a high-level meeting with Turkish officials, while the Turkish officials sitting in front of them fully adhered to diplomatic etiquette and diplomacy.
Demonstrated politeness and respect. In this photo, Salman Mahmood, a journalist, was the first to point out that the Pakistani delegation had forgotten its diplomatic etiquette. In his message on the microblogging website Twitter, Salman Mehmood said that the Turkish authorities are sitting on regular diplomatic etiquette.
But unfortunately the officials participating in the Pakistani delegation seem unfamiliar with diplomatic etiquette and traditions who do not even know how to sit in a diplomatic level meeting on an official visit.