Various events will take place in St Petersburg, including a private meeting between Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mr Erdogan will be in Russia on a working visit at Mr Putin’s invitation from November 21 to 22.

At Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

Following talks with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, and in the light of information about the difficult situation in Syrian healthcare, Vladimir Putin decided to send aid to Syria in the form of medicines, medical supplies and first aid kits. The relevant instruction has been given to the Healthcare Ministry.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Acting President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Adly Mansour. The conversation took place at Russia’s initiative.

At Russian initiative President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad.

Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-hye took part in the closing of the Russia-Republic of Korea Dialogue forum.

Vladimir Putin took part in the unveiling ceremony of a monument to Russian poet Alexander Pushkin in Seoul.

Vladimir Putin met in Seoul with President of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-hye. The talks then continued with the two countries’ delegations taking part.

As part of his official visit to the Republic of Korea, Vladimir Putin took part in Russian-Korean Business Dialogue, a meeting of business leaders from the two countries.

Vladimir Putin arrived in the Republic of Korea on an official visit and will hold talks with President Park Geun-hye on November 13.

Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening ceremony of the Days of Russian Culture in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Vladimir Putin made an official visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

In the run-up to Vladimir Putin’s official visit to the Republic of Korea, the President gave an interview to South Korean television and radio company KBS. The interview was recorded on November 7.

Vladimir Putin and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the 10^th Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum, with Industrial Cooperation as the anniversary event’s theme.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev before the start of the Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Forum.

In the run-up to Vladimir Putin’s official visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, an article by the President Russia-Vietnam: Together to New Cooperation Goals has been published in major Vietnamese newspapers.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud.