Mark Pack

As The Independent reported:

With India seeking to extend its global influence and secure a permanent place at the UN Security Council, it was perhaps only natural that the country’s foreign minister would try and ensure his address to international delegates was as memorable as possible.

But when SM Krishna announced, “on a personal note”, his satisfaction at seeing representatives from two Portuguese-speaking nations in his audience, an Indian official sitting alongside him realised something was wrong. Quickly, he stopped the minister and told him he should start again, only this time reading from his own speech, and not that of his Portuguese counterpart.

Ouch.