Vladimir Putin met with ex-president of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy. The two politicians discussed Russian-French relations, current pan-European problems, and the situation in the world in general.

Vladimir Putin met with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic who is in Russia on a three-day working visit.

Vladimir Putin met with Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany Sigmar Gabriel.

Vladimir Putin met with the heads of delegations taking part in the 39^th meeting of the Council of Heads of the CIS Security and Intelligence Agencies.

Vladimir Putin sent messages of condolences to President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif in connection with the numerous human casualties and damage caused by an earthquake in the northeast of Afghanistan and the northern and north-western areas of Pakistan.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the country’s national holiday, Independence Day.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on the Saudi side’s initiative.

Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Commission for Military Technology Cooperation with Foreign States.

Vladimir Putin expressed his profound condolences to President of France Francois Hollande following a deadly road accident near the town of Libourne.

Following the final plenary session of the Valdai International Discussion Club’s XII meeting, Vladimir Putin met with Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament) of Iran Ali Larijani.

Vladimir Putin took part in the final plenary session of the 12^th annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club.

Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to participants and guests of the 10^th CIS Forum of Creative and Academic Intellectuals.

Vladimir Putin spoke via video linkup with President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The two presidents discussed various aspects of bilateral cooperation, in particular, energy resource exploration and production and cooperation in the international financial sector and in the fight against international terrorism.

The video linkup marks the 130^th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and Argentina.

At Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations over the course of the day with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and King of Jordan Abdullah II.

Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with Sovereign Prince of Monaco Albert II. Earlier in the day, Mr Putin and the Prince of Monaco attended the opening ceremony of the first World Olympians Forum.