Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi at the Indian side’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin received the credentials of a number of foreign ambassadors in Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Angela Merkel.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to the Federal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel on the tragedy in Munster.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of France Emmanuel Macron, at the latter’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin received Special Envoy of the President of the People’s Republic of China, Member of the Chinese State Council and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Kremlin. The prospects for further developing and strengthening Russian-Chinese relations were discussed.

Vladimir Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hassan Rouhani held a joint news conference following the second trilateral meeting of the heads of states, guarantors of the Astana process for facilitating the Syrian peace settlement.

The second trilateral meeting of the heads of state, guarantors of the Astana process for facilitating the Syrian peace settlement, was held in Ankara.

The second day of Vladimir Putin’s working visit to Turkey began with a meeting with President of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

The news conference with the leaders of the two countries took place at the close of the first day of the working visit by the head of state of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Turkey. The presidents of Russia and Turkey made statements for the press and fielded questions from journalists.

Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan chaired the seventh meeting of the High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council in Ankara.

The President of Russia arrived in Ankara on a working visit at the invitation of President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The President signed the Federal Law On Ratifying the Protocol between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) on Introducing Amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the CSTO on the Conditions of Stay of the CSTO Joint Staff on the territory of the Russian Federation of November 26, 2007.

There was a telephone conversation between Vladimir Putin and President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi at the initiative of the Russian side.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the Day of Unity between the Peoples of Russia and Belarus.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on his re-election.