Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö held talks at the president’s official summer residence, Kultaranta.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of France Francois Hollande.

Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order On Amendments to Executive Order No. 583 of November 28, 2015 On Measures to Ensure the National Security of the Russian Federation and on the Protection of Citizens of the Russian Federation against Criminal and Other Illegal Acts and on the Application of Special Economic Measures Against the Turkish Republic.

Vladimir Putin addressed the eighth meeting of Russian Federation ambassadors and permanent envoys at the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Vladimir Putin met with Government members to discuss priority areas for 2017. The President also instructed the Government to begin work on normalising relations with Turkey.

At Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the 47^th General Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organisation Parliamentary Assembly, which Russia is chairing as the country currently presiding in the Parliamentary Assembly.

Vladimir Putin received a letter from President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which the Turkish President expressed his desire to settle the situation concerning the downing of a Russian military aircraft.

On July 1, the President will visit Finland at the invitation of President of Finland Sauli Niinistö.

Vladimir Putin and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing.

Vladimir Putin met with Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China Li Keqiang to discuss current bilateral cooperation matters.

While on an official visit to the People’s Republic of China, Vladimir Putin met with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Zhang Dejiang.

The President of Russia has arrived in China on an official visit at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The president has submitted to the State Duma for ratification an Agreement on the Basic Principles of Relations between the Russian Federation and Haiti, which was signed in New York on 29 September 2015.

The President submitted to the State Duma a draft Federal Law On the Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation Government and the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan on Opening Customs Agencies of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.