Putin in Turkmenistan twice failed to correctly pronounce the surname of the country's leaders
Russian President Vladimir Putin twice failed to correctly pronounce the surname of Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdymukhamedov and his father Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov during a meeting in Ashgabat at the forum "Peace and Trust: Unity of Goals in the Interests of a Sustainable Future," "Verstka" noted .
Vladimir Putin
During the conference, Berdymukhamedov gave the floor to Putin, who wanted to congratulate the Turkmen leader on the UN's adoption of the resolution on Turkmenistan's permanent neutrality. However, Putin first mispronounced the surname, and on the second attempt, he incorrectly pronounced the patronymic and again mixed up the surname.
"I would like to sincerely congratulate on this momentous event... To congratulate all our Turkmen friends and, of course, first and foremost, President Serdar Gurbangulyevich Berdymu... mukhamedov. The national leader of the Turkmen people Gurbanguly ...Meligulovich [correctly Mälikgulyýewiç. — Ed.] Berdymukhamedov," Putin said, according to the video on the Kremlin's website.
Earlier, Putin reportedly had no problems pronouncing this specific surname.
But this is not the first time he has made mistakes with the names and surnames of foreign leaders: in 2022, Putin repeatedly erred with the name of Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and in 2024, at the BRICS summit, he had difficulty pronouncing the name and surname of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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