Politicians and journalists listening to the joint statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Republic Day Cheif Guest, UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan left clueless when the headsets which translate the speeches into English went silent.
AFP
According to sources, this happened because the person assigned to translate speech was stopped by security guards at the heavily guarded building for an extended search and could not make it to his desk in time.
For three minutes, when UAE Price was speaking after PM Modi's address, people couldn't understand anything because of the technical glitch. Finance minister Arun Jaitley was seen pressing key of the small remote in pursuit to land on the channel where Prince's speech could be translated.
Presidents and Prime Ministers of the other counteries are hosted at Hyderabad House, in the heart of the capital. ?
PTI
The United Arab Emirates is an important partner for India and considerable effort has been made to welcome the Prince, who is the chief guest for this year's Republic Day parade. Date palm trees have been planted all around central Delhi and roundabouts have been decorated with potted plants to replicate the experience of driving through an Arabian country.