Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to President of India Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh following an earthquake that claimed victims and caused damage in the northeast of the country.

Dmitry Medvedev and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Chinese National People’s Congress Wu Bangguo discussed, in particular, development of Russian-Chinese inter-parliamentary relations.

Dmitry Medvedev and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the VIII Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum. The main item on the agenda is the organisation of the two countries’ joint efforts in cross-border emergency situations.

Before the VIII Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum, Dmitry Medvedev and Nursultan Nazarbayev reviewed bilateral cooperation issues and the future development of the Customs Union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych.

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

Dmitry Medvedev expressed his condolences to President of the Republic of Kenya Mwai Kibaki in connection with the many human victims of a pipeline fire in Nairobi.

Dmitry Medvedev held talks at the Kremlin with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his condolences to President of Tanzania Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete following the sinking of a passenger ferry off the Tanzanian coast with much loss of life.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his congratulations to President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on Independence Day, Tajikistan’s national holiday.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his congratulations to Chairman of the National Defence Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong Il on the 63^rd anniversary of the founding of the DPRK.

Dmitry Medvedev and Abdullah Gul discussed Russian-Turkish cooperation and international issues of interest to both parties.

The main theme of the Forum was The Modern State in the Age of Social Diversity.

Dmitry Medvedev, HM Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and HRH Prince Consort Henrik took part in the opening of the Danish-Russian photo exhibition The Arctic at the Moscow House of Photography.

Dmitry Medvedev met with Russian and French foreign and defence ministers.