Vladimir Putin met Tulia Ackson, President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, at the Tauride Palace in Saint-Petersburg.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a message of congratulations to President of the United Republic of Tanzania Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete on the 50^th anniversary of Tanzania’s independence.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to President of Tanzania Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete following the sinking of a passenger ferry off the Tanzanian coast with much loss of life.