It could hardly be called a face-to-face encounter, and conversation must have been a little difficult.
But as they met for the first time, Sultan Kosen, the world's tallest man at 8ft 1in, and He PingPing, the world's smallest at 2ft 5.4in, clearly had a mutual respect.
The Turkish farm labourer and the pint-sized man from China were happy to pose at an event in Istanbul to mark the opening of the new Guinness World Records Live! Roadshow.
Hanging on: He Pingping just manages to wrap his tiny hand around one of Kosen's massive fingers
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My big pal: The tiny Chinaman can fit entirely on Sultan's shoe 
