Dmitry Medvedev met with representatives of US public organisations and academic and business circles at Stanford University.

Dmitry Medvedev noted that California is one of the USA’s most economically advanced states and stressed Russia’s interest in promoting active contacts between Russian businesses and Silicon Valley companies to support Russia’s plans to build an innovation centre in Skolkovo.

The agenda of the President’s upcoming visits to the United States and Canada and the G8 and G20 summits were discussed.

Dmitry Medvedev met with President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek.

Dmitry Medvedev and President of France Nicolas Sarkozy discussed investment cooperation in energy efficiency and energy saving, aircraft manufacturing and the automotive industry, nuclear energy and medicine, nano- and bio-technology. Opportunities for developing the two countries’ partnership in the humanitarian sector and science, and in education and culture were also discussed.

Foreign economic policy and its role in the country's technological modernisation and innovative development were discussed at the meeting of the Commission, which took place on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Dmitry Medvedev and Amr Moussa discussed the situation in the Middle East.

Dmitry Medvedev and Gjorge Ivanov reviewed bilateral cooperation in trade, economy, investments and energy.

Dmitry Medvedev and Borut Pahor discussed bilateral relations.

Dmitry Medvedev met with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

President of France Nicolas Sarkozy will arrive to St Petersburg on a working visit. He will take part in the St Petersburg International Economic Forum and hold talks with Dmitry Medvedev.

During the conversation, Stephen Harper shared his vision for the agenda of the upcoming G20 and G8 summits in Canada at the end of June.

Dmitry Medvedev issued instructions to Minister of Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Sergei Shoigu to provide humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his greetings to participants of international parliamentary conference Russia – Africa: Horizons of Cooperation.

Nikolai Patrushev and Nikolai Bordyuzha briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the outcome of the consultations among Security Council secretaries of CSTO member states on the situation in Kyrgyzstan.