V L Srinivasan
Manama (Bahrain), May 27:
How do two world leaders converse with each other in case of an emergency? Through a hotline, one would assume. However, when Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt recently tried to contact his Bahraini counterpart Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, it was the social networking site Twitter that came to his rescue.
Mr. Bildt was attempting to contact Shaikh Khalid who is currently part of a delegation accompanying Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on a visit to Europe. However, he could not get in touch with him.
Perhaps as a last resort, Mr. Bildt took full advantage of the digital age and sent a message to Shaikh Khalid on Twitter which was read by millions of fellow Twitter users.
The tweet, sent at around 10.30pm GMT on Wednesday from @carlbildt, read: “@khalidalkhalifa Trying to get in touch with you on an issue.”
The message was sent from an iPad by Mr. Bildt, who is prolific user of the site, and was apparently in reply to a tweet by Shaikh Khalid around three hours earlier in which he referred to the Crown Prince’s meeting with British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday.
Shaikh Khalid replied to Mr. Bildt, stating: “Nice to hear from you to catch up on matters. Your tweet caught the world’s interest.”
Indeed, Mr. Bildt’s message was retweeted several times by amused web users.
Manama (Bahrain), May 27:
How do two world leaders converse with each other in case of an emergency? Through a hotline, one would assume. However, when Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt recently tried to contact his Bahraini counterpart Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, it was the social networking site Twitter that came to his rescue.
Mr. Bildt was attempting to contact Shaikh Khalid who is currently part of a delegation accompanying Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on a visit to Europe. However, he could not get in touch with him.
Perhaps as a last resort, Mr. Bildt took full advantage of the digital age and sent a message to Shaikh Khalid on Twitter which was read by millions of fellow Twitter users.
The tweet, sent at around 10.30pm GMT on Wednesday from @carlbildt, read: “@khalidalkhalifa Trying to get in touch with you on an issue.”
The message was sent from an iPad by Mr. Bildt, who is prolific user of the site, and was apparently in reply to a tweet by Shaikh Khalid around three hours earlier in which he referred to the Crown Prince’s meeting with British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday.
Shaikh Khalid replied to Mr. Bildt, stating: “Nice to hear from you to catch up on matters. Your tweet caught the world’s interest.”
Indeed, Mr. Bildt’s message was retweeted several times by amused web users.
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