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.

A telephone conversation was held between Vladimir Putin and President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, at the initiative of the Belarusian side.

On Serbia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang at the initiative of the Vietnamese side.

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

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Michel Temer at the latter’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin held talks at the Kremlin with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, who arrived in Russia on a working visit.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Abkhazia Raul Khadjimba at the initiative of the Abkhazian side.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa at the latter’s initiative.