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Prime Minister of the Netherlands wrote an excruciatingly long tweet to PM Modi, and the Internet can't get enough of these 'lack of space' issues...
Updated : Jun 28, 2017, 12:41 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-nation tour of Portugal, the United States of America and Netherlands ended on Wednesday when he returned home to India.
PM Modi tweeted enthusiastically in Dutch during and after his meeting with his Dutch counterpart, Prime Minister Mark Rutte when they met in Hague. To return the favour, PM Rutte tweeted to PM Modi in Hindi to express his happiness over India and the Netherlands completing 70 years in diplomatic relations. However he forgot to use the space bar, and the resulting tweet looked like this:
नीदरलैंड्समेंआपकास्वागतहै @narendramodi भारतऔरनेदेरलैंड्सके 70 सालकेद्विपक्षीयरिश्तेकेसाथमैहमारीबैठककेलिएबहुतउत्सुकहूं
— Minister-president (@MinPres) June 27, 2017
Which translates to, "Welcome to the Netherlands @narendramodi Our bilateral relations go back 70 years and with that I am extremely excited about our meeting."
As always Twitter had a field day with several criticising the poorly written tweet while others praised the Dutch PM's efforts at attempting to write in Hindi:
Ye le.. pic.twitter.com/5JXBgkWd1b
— Adil (@Adilogics) June 27, 2017
KoiJoMilaToMujheAisaLagtaThaJaiseMeriSaariDuniyaMeinGeetonKiRutAurRangonKiBarkhaHaiKhushbooKiAandhiHai#ShankarRutteMahadevan https://t.co/fqzQimZ2u8
— Advanced Maushi (@AdvancedMaushi) June 27, 2017
News: Narendra Modi has serious personal space issues.
— Cryptic Mind (@Vishj05) June 27, 2017
Dutch PM: Well, we won't give him any space https://t.co/3J3OM5STPB
its Neitherland, that means no land or space
— Srivasy (@srivasy) June 28, 2017
This is the guy who speaks MutualFundsAreSubjectToMarketRiskPleaseReadTheOfferDocumentsCarefully https://t.co/wZpp6jvLNx
— Mohit (@sailorsmoon) June 27, 2017
Soo overwhelmed Minister President, nice initiative to remove all space between the two countries.
— Lazy Cat 'न' (@uPoliticat) June 27, 2017
And then there were those who appreciated the effort:
At least.. he tried.. it's more than enough to appreciate..
— Yash Modi (@ymodi95) June 27, 2017
https://t.co/kDUo2YqszT
— Meenakshi Sharan (@meenakshisharan) June 27, 2017
Thank you Mr.President for this lovely tweet
Such a sweet gesture by #Netherlands ministry by typing it in hindi
— Swapnil Pandey (@swapy6) June 28, 2017
However, later Dutch PM Rutte posted another tweet with all the spaces in place:
नीदरलैंड्स में पधारने के लिए धन्यवाद @narendramodi हम आने वाले वर्षों में हमारे सतत सहयोग के लिए तत्पर हैं। pic.twitter.com/bi9EzwQQTt
— Minister-president (@MinPres) June 27, 2017
PM Modi visited the Netherlands on Tuesday in the final leg of his three-nation tour, where he, along with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte delivered a joint statement vowing to combat terrorism.
"The fight against terrorism should not only seek to disrupt and bring to justice terrorists, terror organisations and networks, but should also identify, hold accountable and take strong measures against all those who encourage, support and finance terrorism, provide sanctuary to terrorists and terror groups, and falsely extol their virtues," they said.