Revellers at a bar in Hotel Tulip here had to halt music for some time to enable prime minister Manmohan Singh and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev hold their bilateral meeting at a room near-by.
It was not the venue where they were originally slated to meet, but they had to hold their talks in a room close to the Royal Bar, thanks to rescheduling of their programme.
Singh and Medvedev, who are staying at the Tulip Hotel to attend the Brazil-Russia-India-China (BRIC) Summit, were originally scheduled to meet on Friday morning. However, the meeting was rescheduled to 11pm (local time) last night.
When the meeting at the new venue was about to begin, authorities realised that there was a party going on in the bar and the meeting could not take place in such an ambiance.
They then requested the revellers to halt music for sometime so that Singh and Medvedev can discuss bilateral issues. The revellers also heeded to their request and did not play music for some time.
The 45-minute meeting had to be held at a room near the bar after Chinese president Hu Jintao cut short his visit due to earthquake in China, prompting rescheduling of the BRIC summit from today to last evening.
During the meeting, Singh and Medvedev discussed bilateral issues and ways to push these further.
