The 13^th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit took place in the Kyrgyzstani capital, Bishkek.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev on Independence Day, Kyrgyzstan’s national holiday.

Vladimir Putin took part in an informal meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation member countries’ heads of state.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on Building and Operating the Kambaratinskaya-1 Hydro Power Plant.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic on Building and Operating the Upper Naryn Cascade of Hydropower Plants.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on the Status of and Conditions for the Presence of the Unified Russian Military Base in the Kyrgyz Republic and the Protocol between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on Cooperation in Military Matters during the Period Before the Entry into Force of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on the Status of and Conditions for the Presence of the Unified Russian Military Base in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan on Settling the Republic of Kyrgyzstan’s Debt to the Russian Federation under Earlier Accorded Loans.

Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on the Status and Conditions of the Joint Russian Military Base Presence on the Territory of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Protocol between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on Military Cooperation during the Period Preceding the Entry into Force of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on the Status and Conditions of the Joint Russian Military Base Presence on the Territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Vladimir Putin signed Order On Signing the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on the Status and Conditions of the Joint Russian Military Base Presence on the Territory of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Protocol between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on Military Cooperation during the Period Preceding the Entry into Force of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic on the Status and Conditions of the Joint Russian Military Base Presence on the Territory of the Kyrgyz Republic.

Vladimir Putin received letters of credence from twenty one new ambassadors to the Russian Federation. Presentation of letters of credence marks the official beginning of foreign ambassadors’ work in Russia.

In Bishkek, Vladimir Putin held talks with President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.

Vladimir Putin will visit Kyrgyzstan on September 20, 2012 at the invitation of President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev on Independence Day, Kyrgyzstan’s national holiday.

Vladimir Putin and Almazbek Atambayev discussed current bilateral cooperation matters.

Vladimir Putin congratulated the leaders of the CIS countries, Abkhazia and South Ossetia and the people of Georgia on the 67^th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.