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New Delhi, Delhi, India
A brief commotion broke out in a historic Helsinki summit, minutes before US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart were set to address the press conference on Monday after the two-hour long meeting.
As per the visuals posted by various reporters on social media, the journalist Sam Hosseini, a reporter for The Nation can be seen forcibly grabbed by the security officials and then he pulled out of the room.
One of the security officials then came back and also removed his possessions. Media reports said that he was removed from the room as Russian authorities called his placard 'a malicious item'.
However, no further explanation regarding the incident has been released yet.
An accredited journalist was just wrestled out of the Helsinki summit press conference by security. He had made a sign that said “Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,” hoping that holding it up would get the attention of Trump and Putin so he could ask a question about it pic.twitter.com/hRHAs8XdB0
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) July 16, 2018
Reporter from The Nation being escorted by security at the Trump-Putin Helsinki presser because he was holding a sign about nuclear testing. Guards forcibly grabbing him and dragging him from the room pic.twitter.com/55VhxdrcPp
— Melanie Schmitz (@MelsLien) July 16, 2018
Just happened here in Helsinki palace before Trump-Putin news conference —-Security hauls out a reporter holding up a sign saying “Nuclear Weapons Ban.” Here’s my video: pic.twitter.com/MedXDfmTn0
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) July 16, 2018
The US and Russian leaders opened a historic summit in Helsinki on Monday, with Donald Trump promising an "extraordinary relationship" and Vladimir Putin saying it was high time to thrash out disputes around the world.
Looking sombre, they exchanged opening remarks in front of the press at the start of their summit in Helsinki. While Trump acclaimed the meeting's potential, Putin said: "The time has come to talk in a substantive way about our relations and problem areas of the world."
The much-anticipated summit began after almost an hour-long delay reportedly because of Putin as he arrived half an hour late and then followed by Trump arriving minutes later.