EuropeClimate change summit glitch cuts off Macron, puzzles Putin
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French President Macron attends a Climate Summit video conference, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, 22 April 2021. Ian Langsdon/Pool via REUTERS
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A technical glitch at a U.S. climate summit cut off French President Emmanuel Macron mid-speech and left Russian President Vladimir Putin puzzled, demonstrating that virtual meetings can be as awkward for world leaders as they are for the rest of us.
Macron was just minutes into a speech about the urgency of climate action when U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken cut in, saying, Thank you very much Mr president, I now turn the floor to the president of the Russian Federation, his Excellency Vladimir Putin .
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