External Affairs Minister was caught in a public gaffe when he inadvertently read out the speech of a Portuguese minister at a UN Security Council meeting. The error was, however, rectified after an Indian official drew his attention to it.
Speaking at the United Nations Security Council at a debate on security and development, Krishna read out the wrong speech for about three minutes before being corrected by India's envoy to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri. Krishna read Portuguese foreign ,inister Luis Amado's speech, without realising his mistake, apparently because the first portion related to general issues pertaining to the UN, development and security.