Tony Abbott shown 'iron curtain' by Putin after missing his birthday party The Australian leader, attending his first international summit since his election last month, was late to the official meeting after an engagement with his Canadian counterpart, Stephen Harper, ran longer than scheduled. He entered the room during an opening address by Dr Yudhoyono and later said he had not been advised that the meeting had started. "We got a message that no one was there," Mr Abbott said. Then we got a message that everyone was there, so we rushed in as quickly as we could. Australian officials downplayed the incident and the two leaders were reportedly later seen sharing a joke. Mr Abbott has held several one-on-one meetings on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit but has not met with Mr Putin. They are likely to meet at the East Asia Summit in Brunei later this week, where Mr Abbott is expected to raise concerns about Russia's decision to lay piracy charges against Australian Greenpeace activist Colin Russell.