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Dmitry Medvedev and President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva discussed economic cooperation opportunities and current international issues, including the Middle East peace process, the Iranian nuclear programme, and the situation in South America.

Viktor Vekselberg, the coordinator of the Russian part of the Skolkovo innovation centre project, briefed the President on the progress of the project implementation.

The main subject of discussion was the progress achieved in implementing projects in the field of telecommunications and information technologies, in particular the development in Russia of digital broadcasting, the provision of high-speed broadband Internet access, and the development of telemedicine.

The President was briefed on the ongoing investigations of the terrorist attacks in the Moscow metro and the explosions at the Raspadskaya Mine in the Kemerovo Region.

Dmitry Medvedev and President of Turkey Abdullah Gul took part in Russian-Turkish Business Forum.

The meeting was held within the framework of the official visit of the Russian President in Ankara.

The declaration on the council’s creation was signed today by Dmitry Medvedev and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.