Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Germany's President Christian Wulff and Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel on the Day of German Unity.

Dmitry Medvedev will hold talks with President of the Federal Republic of Germany Christian Wulff on October 12, 2010.

Dmitry Medvedev received many congratulations on his birthday from foreign leaders.

Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel expressed her best wishes and congratulated Dmitry Medvedev on his birthday.

Angela Merkel expressed sincere sympathy and solidarity with the leadership and people of the Russian Federation following the major natural disasters that swept the country, as well as certainty that the measures taken by the President and the Government will allow taking the situation under firm control and launch emergency relief operations.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel following the tragedy at the music festival in Duisburg.

Dmitry Medvedev and Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel discussed bilateral trade and economic cooperation and the implementation of joint investment projects.

As agreed by the Russian President and German Federal Chancellor, the twelfth round of Russian-German summit level intergovernmental consultations will take place in Yekaterinburg on July 14–15, 2010. 

Mr Grinin who was previously Russia’s ambassador to Poland is about to begin his mission as Russia’s ambassador to Germany.

The three leaders discussed common approaches to the issues on the G20 summit agenda and agreed to continue their trilateral consultations.

Dmitry Medvedev and Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel discussed the issues of European security and cooperation between Russia and European Union.

During their one-on-one talks Dmitry Medvedev and Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel discussed the international political agenda in detail, talked about the results of the G8 summit [in L'Aquila], and exchanged views on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In this context they also discussed the situation around Iran and North Korea.