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Recently, Indonesia's leader Prabowo Subianto believed he was a confidential discussion with American leader Donald Trump during Middle East peace talks in Egypt.

Instead, a hot-mic incident revealed Prabowo asking Trump to organize a call with his son Eric, both of whom serve as executives at the Trump organization.

It represented only one in a string of missteps made by world leaders when they assume they're off the record.

Here are five other noteworthy errors:

Transplant Procedures and Everlasting Life

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

"Vital organs can be repeatedly replaced. The more you extend your life, the more youthful you get, and it's possible to even reach eternal life," Putin's interpreter was heard saying.

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

A conversation recorded from China's leader 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 made light about the plight of residents in the Pacific facing ocean encroachment.

Dutton was speaking to then-prime minister Tony Abbott, who had recently come back from climate change talks with regional heads in Port Moresby.

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

Dutton added: "Time doesn't mean anything when you're about to have the ocean reaching your home."

The comments sparked outrage from Pacific Islands and environmentalists, while the opposition Labor party demanded Dutton to apologise.

Peter Dutton recorded making jokes with Tony Abbott about rising sea levels

'Prejudiced Voter'

As Labour prime minister Gordon Brown was campaigning in 2010, he encountered a voter who questioned him on migration and the economic situation.

Still wired up to a Sky news microphone when he got into his vehicle, Brown was heard saying: "That went terribly – they should not have placed me with that woman. Who thought of that? Ridiculous."

When questioned about she had said, he replied: "Everything, she was just a bigoted woman."

The scandal dominated headlines for weeks and Brown ultimately lost the election.

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

Former US president Barack Obama was in discussion at the G20 summit in Cannes in 2011 with then French president Nicolas Sarkozy when their comments about Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu were captured by a active recording device.

Sarkozy stated: "I cannot bear Netanyahu. He's a liar."

According to a account from a translator cited by Reuters, Obama responded: "You've had enough but I must work with him frequently than you."

'Major League ***hole'

A vintage hot-mic moment from then US presidential candidate George W. Bush occurred when he made a disparaging remark about a reporter from The New York Times.

The Republican presidential nominee was unaware that a recording device was active when he turned to Dick Cheney at a political event and remarked, "There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times."

Cheney responded: "Absolutely, he is, definitely."

Bush at a Labour rally in 2000