Dmitry Medvedev and Ban Ki-moon discussed the state of affairs at the United Nations and the role of the organisation in ensuring international peace in the context of recent events in the Middle East, North and West Africa, and particularly in Libya and the Ivory Coast.

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Georgios Papandreou.

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel.

Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma for ratification Protocol No.5 dated March 16, 1995 between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia on amendments to the agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia on the Russian military base in the Republic of Armenia.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his greetings to participants and guests of the 1^st Russian-Armenian Interregional Forum.

Dmitry Medvedev visited Hong Kong on what was the first visit by a Russian leader to the People’s Republic of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Mr Medvedev addressed the forum with a speech on opportunities for economic cooperation between Russia and the Asia-Pacific region countries.

Dmitry Medvedev and President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Dilma Rousseff discussed the state and prospects of the Russian-Brazilian strategic partnership, specifically focusing on trade and economic cooperation and energy issues.

Following the talks, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, who took part in the summit, adopted a declaration assessing key aspects of the association’s cooperation. An agreement on BRICS inter-bank cooperation was also signed in the presence of the summit’s participants.

Dmitry Medvedev and Manmohan Singh discussed trade and economic relations, energy sector and military technical cooperation, cooperation in medicine, telecommunications and transport, and humanitarian ties.

The meeting between Dmitry Medvedev and Jacob Zuma took place on the BRICS summit’s sidelines.

Dmitry Medvedev and Hu Jintao discussed opportunities for promoting the strategic partnership in trade, economy, energy, and the military technical sector, strengthening cooperation between Russia and China within BRICS and the SCO, and also examined international and regional issues, in particular the situation in the Middle East and North Africa.

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov.

Dmitry Medvedev gave an interview to China Central Television (CCTV) ahead of his visit to the People's Republic of China. The interview was recorded on April 7.

Dmitry Medvedev had a brief meeting with Prime Minister of Bavaria Horst Seehofer.

This evening, Dmitry Medvedev called President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to express his deep condolences following the tragedy in the Minsk metro, where dozens of people were killed and injured by an explosion.

Dmitry Medvedev and Bronislaw Komorowski paid tribute to the memory of the Smolensk tragedy victims. The heads of state laid wreaths at the monument marking the site of the crash of the Polish presidential plane one year ago.