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Recently, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto believed he was a confidential discussion with American leader Donald Trump at the Gaza peace summit in Egypt.

However, a hot-mic incident revealed Prabowo asking Trump to arrange a meeting with his son Don Jr, who serve as executives at the Trump organization.

It represented only one in a series of missteps committed by international figures thinking no one can hear them.

Here are several additional memorable errors:

Organ Transplants and Immortality

At a military parade in Beijing this September, China's leader Xi Jinping and Russia's head Vladimir Putin were overheard talking about organ replacement as a approach for prolonging life.

"Human organs can be continuously replaced. The more you extend your life, the more youthful you get, and you can even achieve immortality," Putin's interpreter was heard saying.

Xi, who was off camera, answered in Chinese: "Some predict that in the current era humans may reach 150 years old."

A conversation heard between Chinese president Xi Jinping and Moscow's head Vladimir Putin

'Sea Rising at Your Door'

Former Australian border protection chief Peter Dutton faced criticism in 2015 when he joked about the plight of residents in the Pacific facing rising sea levels.

Dutton was speaking to former PM Tony Abbott, who had recently come back from environmental talks with regional heads in Port Moresby.

Observing how a meeting about refugees was running on "Cape York time", Abbott responded: "There was a bit of that up in Port Moresby."

Dutton added: "Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have water lapping at your door."

The comments provoked anger from Pacific Islands and environmentalists, while the political opponents demanded Dutton to issue an apology.

Peter Dutton recorded making jokes with Tony Abbott about coastal flooding

'Bigoted Woman'

While serving as UK PM Gordon Brown was on the trail in 2010, he encountered a voter who challenged him on migration and the economic situation.

Remaining connected to a broadcast microphone when he got into his vehicle, Brown was recorded stating: "That was a disaster – they should never have put me with that individual. Whose idea was that? Absurd."

When questioned about she had said, he answered: "All topics, she was just a prejudiced person."

This incident dominated headlines for an extended period and Brown went on to lose the election.

'I Cannot Bear Netanyahu. He's a Liar.'

Former US president Barack Obama was in conversation at the international conference in Cannes in 2011 with then French president Nicolas Sarkozy when their comments about Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu were picked up by a live microphone.

Sarkozy stated: "I can't stand Netanyahu. He's a liar."

According to a version from a translator cited by Reuters, Obama replied: "You're fed up with him but I must work with him frequently than you."

'Major League ***hole'

A classic recording incident from former White House hopeful George W. Bush occurred when he made a negative comment about a reporter from The New York Times.

The GOP candidate was unaware that a recording device was active when he turned to Dick Cheney at a Labor Day rally and remarked, "There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times."

Cheney answered: "Absolutely, that's true, definitely."

Bush at a Labour rally in 2000