Red Fort shown as part of Lahore in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet tableau gaffe
Team Udayavani, Jun 15, 2017, 9:11 AM IST
Beijing: A reception held by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation or SCO at its Beijing headquarters highlighting the entry of India and Pakistan turned out to be an embarrassment for the organisers as India’s Red Fort with the tricolor was shown as Lahore’s Shalimar Gardens in a Pakistani tableau.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Indian envoy to China Vijay Gokhale along with the ambassadors of Pakistan Masood Khalid and other SCO members attended the function. Both Indian and Pakistani diplomats pointed out the faux pas to the organisers.
SCO officials were apologetic about the gaffe, saying that they failed to cross check the photos on display as this was the first event involving India and Pakistan.
On Thursday, the SCO headquarters will raise the flags of India and Pakistan and Mr Gokhale and Mr Khalid will beat a drum, heralding the entry of their countries into the organisation.
India and Pakistan were admitted as members into the six-member grouping at the Astana Summit last week.
The group is now comprised of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan.
Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia have an observer status in the grouping that is increasingly seen as a counterweight to NATO.
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