Good host Sushma offers water to a coughing Nepal PM Deuba at presser
External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj walked up to Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and offered him a glass of water after he began to cough due to a sore throat while speaking at a press meet with counterpart Narendra Modi.
The two prime ministers addressed the media after holding extensive bilateral talks at the Hyderabad House here.
As Deuba was at the fag end of his address, he coughed and his voice turned hoarse. Without waiting for officials, Swaraj, who was sitting in the front row, quietly walked up to Deuba, who continued to read his statement from the podium.
While
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
opened
the
lid
of
a
water
jar
kept
in
front
of
them,
Swaraj
poured
water
in
a
glass
and
offered
it
to
the
Nepalese
prime
minister.
Officials
from
either
side
had
little
time
to
react
as
all
of
it
happened
in
a
matter
of
seconds.
Unaware of this, Deuba went reading his address for a few moments, before he realised that Swaraj was waiting for him with the glass.
A surprised Deuba said, "Sorry, I have a bad throat" and accepted the water.
Swaraj waited to take the glass back but then an official stepped in and she went back to her seat while Deuba continued his address.
The external affairs minister is known for her prompt response on twitter to Indians in distress abroad.
PTI