UNITED NATIONS — US President Barack Obama glided into the secretary-general’s lunch for world leaders more than 20 minute late, glad-handing presidents and potentates as he made his way to the head table. President Vladimir Putin arrived even later, while the UN chief was speaking before making a toast, so the Russian leader walked quickly to his seat — a chair away from Obama.
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As he sat down, Putin reached across an empty chair, where Ban would sit, to shake Obama’s hand.
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Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
