Vladimir Putin met with President of Austria Heinz Fischer at the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Finland on Direct Rail Links.

Vladimir Putin signed the Federal Law On Ratifying the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Regulating Reciprocal Financial Claims and Obligations.

Vladimir Putin held telephone conversations with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan upon the Russian initiative.

Vladimir Putin met with President of the Senate of France Gerard Larcher. The discussion focussed on Russian-French cooperation, including on the parliamentary level.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Tran Dai Quang on his election to the post of President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Vladimir Putin sent a message to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko congratulating him on the Day of Unity between the Peoples of Russia and Belarus.

Vladimir Putin has met with former Prime Minister of Lebanon Saad Hariri in the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin will meet with the Federal President of the Republic of Austria Heinz Fischer, who will be in Moscow on an official visit.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the Republic of South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov, who has arrived in Russia on a working visit.

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

On Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif following the tragedy in Lahore, where dozens of innocent people were killed, most of them women and children.

On Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Syria Bashar Assad.

On Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova.

While on a visit to China, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov met with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping.

While on a two-day visit to the People’s Republic of China, Sergei Ivanov met withHead of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China Wang Qishan.

While visiting China, Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov took part in the Second Russia-China Media Forum.