Dmitry Medvedev and President of the United States Barack Obama discussed bilateral economic cooperation and Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organisation.

Dmitry Medvedev met with representatives of US public organisations and academic and business circles at Stanford University.

Dmitry Medvedev invited the meeting participants to share their vision of the Skolkovo Innovation Centre being built near Moscow, and the way its activities should be organised.

Dmitry Medvedev visited a Silicon Valley branch of the Russian company Yandex.

Dmitry Medvedev met with Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs.

The missile cruiser is currently in San Francisco on an unofficial friendly visit.

Dmitry Medvedev noted that California is one of the USA’s most economically advanced states and stressed Russia’s interest in promoting active contacts between Russian businesses and Silicon Valley companies to support Russia’s plans to build an innovation centre in Skolkovo.

Russia Today’s Editor-in-Chief, Margarita Simonyan, showed the President around the offices and told him about the studios operation.

Mr Medvedev looked over the technical equipment and installations and spoke with the staff.

The President answered questions on a variety of current issues, including international politics, security, the economy, the Iranian nuclear programme, and the situation in Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting with the permanent Security Council members.

The final communique of the summit specified that the G20 format is a major forum for international economic cooperation.

Joint Statement by President of the United States of America Barack Obama and President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev Concerning Afghanistan

The Russian delegation at the talks included Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov, Presidential Aide Sergei Prikhodko, First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov and Minister of Finance Alexei Kudrin. The U.S. delegation included Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, National Security Advisor James Jones, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

The Russian-American Public Dialogue Group, Russia-USA: A Look into the Future, held its latest meeting in the run-up to the first meeting between President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and President of the United States Barack Obama, which will take place at the start of April as part of the G20 summit in London. On the Russian side, the group is headed by Yevgeny Primakov, and on the American side, by Henry Kissinger.

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