"Where is your team": Russian Foreign Minister question left PAK Minister Hina Rabbani Khar embarrassed

Hina Rabbani Khar had to face humiliation during the meeting between Russia and Pakistan in Samarkand. Hina is the Deputy Foreign Minister of Pakistan. She had reached Samarkand for bilateral talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. In fact, during the meeting, Hina Rabbani Khar had gone for bilateral talks with Sergei Lavrov without her team.

During this, Lavrov asked Hina Rabbani questions about the absence of his team. Hina Rabbani Khar got embarrassed about this and left the conversation unfinished. Pakistan is in the process of buying cheap oil from Russia to revive its decaying economy. Not only this, Pakistan has also proposed to buy wheat from Russia.

Lavrov asked – Where are the rest of your team

According to a report, Hina Rabbani Khar and Sergey Lavrov were sitting across the table for diplomatic talks. Lavrov was accompanied by a full team of Russian diplomats, while Hina Rabbani Khar sat alone on one side of the table.

On this Lavrov asked, where is the rest of your team? On this Hina Rabbani said that we have a small team and the rest will come later. We are traveling with a small team and we also have a small embassy here. After this he said that we are not a big power like Russia. 

Hina said – size is not seen in friendship

Lavrov replied to Hina Rabbani Khar saying that such things don't matter to friends. We remain humble. We are friends and friends don't care about size. Till now no final decision has been taken regarding cheap oil between Pakistan and Russia. Pakistan is demanding more concessions from Russia to buy oil, however, Russia is not ready to sell oil cheaper than this.

Pakistan is also afraid that if it buys oil from Russia then there is a danger of America getting angry. Pakistan needs the help of the International Monetary Fund, which is heavily controlled by the US, to avoid Bankruptcy.