Vladimir Putin met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and took part in a meeting of High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Enrique Pena Nieto on officially taking office as President of the United Mexican States.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov made a working visit to Austria. Mr Ivanov had talks in Vienna with President of Austria Heinz Fischer and Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger, and spoke at the International Anti-Corruption Academy’s assembly.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

The next meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States Council of Heads of State will be held on December 5 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Vladimir Putin will make a working visit to Turkey (Istanbul) on December 3, to take part in the third meeting of High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President of Albania Bujar Nishani on Albania’s national holiday, Flag Day.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov held a meeting of the Organising Committee for Russia’s Presidency of the G20 in 2013.

Vladimir Putin congratulated President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma on his re-election.

Vladimir Putin sent his sincere condolences to President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following a clothing factory fire near Dhaka that claimed many lives.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Vladimir Putin expressed his deepest condolences to President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Mohamed Morsi following the recent bus crash.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Russian-German interstate consultations took place at the Kremlin.

Vladimir Putin and Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel took part in the closing session of the XII Petersburg Dialogue Russian-German public forum.

Vladimir Putin discussed in detail the escalation of tension in the Gaza Strip during a telephone conversation with President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borissov. The conversation was initiated by the Bulgarian side.