The Presidential Press and Information Office's Department of Accreditation and Briefings is now taking accreditation requests to cover Dmitry Medvedev’s participation in the summit meetings of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, The Eurasian Economic Community’s Interstate Council, the Collective Security Treaty Organisation’s Collective Security Council, and the informal meeting of the heads of state of the Commonwealth of Independent States, scheduled for December 19–20, 2011, in Moscow.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on assuming the office of President of the Argentine Republic.

Dmitry Medvedev sent condolences to President of India Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh following the fire in the city of Calcutta.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a message of congratulations to President of the United Republic of Tanzania Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete on the 50^th anniversary of Tanzania’s independence.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Light of Implementation by the Russian Federation of International Agreements on Readmission.

In Prague, Dmitry Medvedev and Czech President Vaclav Klaus held talks.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to Article 24 of the Federal Law On the Exit from and Entry into the Russian Federation.

Letters of credence were presented by ambassadors of Angola, Bahrain, Belarus, Columbia, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Great Britain, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Laos, Luxembourg, Spain, Syria, and Tunisia.

Dmitry Medvedev had a brief meeting with Prime Minister of the German Federal State Schleswig-Holstein Peter Harry Carstensen.

Dmitry Medvedev had telephone conversations with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Convention on Privileges of the Secretariat, its Personnel and Representatives of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Agreement on Security Cooperation in the Caspian Sea.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Commission.

Dmitry Medvedev sent a message to outgoing President of Kyrgyzstan Roza Otunbayeva.