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.

Vladimir Putin took part in a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of State marking the organisation’s 15^th anniversary.

Vladimir Putin responded to media questions at the end of his working visit to Uzbekistan to attend the SCO Heads of State Council, timed to coincide with the 15^th anniversary of the SCO.

In the framework of Vladimir Putin’s working visit to Uzbekistan to attend the anniversary SCO summit, the Russian president met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov. The two leaders addressed the status of Russian-Uzbekistani relations and future prospects, as well as interaction within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to a Foreign Nation and Permanent Envoy (Representative or Permanent Observer) of the Russian Federation at an International Organisation (in a Foreign Nation).

Trilateral talks took place in Tashkent between President Vladimir Putin, President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol on Amendments to the Protocol to the Agreement between the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan on Delimiting the Northern Part of the Caspian Sea Bed with a View to Exercising Sovereign Right to Mineral Resource Use of July 6, 1998.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol on Amendments to the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Singapore on Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Income Tax Evasion.

Vladimir Putin has arrived on a two-day visit to Tashkent to take part in the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Council of Heads of State, which this year marks the SCO’s anniversary.

In the run-up to his visit to the People’s Republic of China, Vladimir Putin gave an interview to Chinese news agency Xinhua. The interview was recorded on June 17 on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

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

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

Vladimir Putin met with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in the Constantine Palace.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. Bilateral relations, humanitarian cooperation, and possible roads to a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh issue were the main subjects of discussion.

Vladimir Putin met with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan to discuss the development of bilateral relations and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.