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 Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev at Russia’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to Ilham Aliyev on his re-election as President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israeli side’s initiative.

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.