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President Medvedev will make an official visit to the Republic of Tajikistan on September 2 at the invitation of President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.

Dmitry Medvedev visited the Southern Federal Sports Training Centre, where national teams in the various summer and winter sports train for competition. After looking over the Centre, the President met with members of Russia’s national university students’ team.

Dmitry Medvedev and Eduard Kokoity discussed the future of bilateral relations and a number of international issues associated with the republic's development.

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

Dmitry Medvedev told journalists about the results of the Russian-North Korean summit and answered questions on Russia’s foreign policy priorities regarding Libya, Ukraine, and Belarus. 

Dmitry Medvedev held talks with Chairman of the National Defence Committee of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong II.

Dmitry Medvedev presented a new-look battle flag to the Eastern Military District’s 11^th Paratroops Brigade.

Dmitry Medvedev sent his congratulations to President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych on Independence Day, Ukraine's national holiday.

The President viewed the sports facilities under construction for the 2014 Olympics from a helicopter. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, who is in charge of supervising preparations for the 2014 Olympic Games, reported on progress in construction to the President.

Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Agreement on the Customs Union’s Functioning within a Multilateral Trade System, signed in Minsk on May 19, 2011.

The two presidents discussed various bilateral relations matters, cooperation within the Customs Union, and exchanged views on the main issues on the international agenda.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Executive Order On Early Termination of the Mandate of St Petersburg Governor

Development of Krasnodar Territory’s resorts was the subject of discussion.

Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karegin II on his sixtieth birthday.

Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim Jong Il began a visit to the Russian Federation today.

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

Mr Magomedov briefed the President on the socioeconomic situation in Daghestan, in particular the employment situation and schools’ preparations for the new academic year, spoke about the state of progress in carrying out a number of big investment projects in the agriculture sector, including international projects, and presented a project to establish a sturgeon breeding centre. 

Dmitry Medvedev had a telephone conversation with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

During a working visit to Maykop, Dmitry Medvedev chaired a staff meeting of Adygea’s education professionals.

The main subjects on the agenda at the meeting, chaired by the President, included issues of resolving environmental issues in the Volga River basin, preserving the river’s fauna and developing its fisheries, combating poaching, restoring the water system in the river’s delta, water resources protection efforts, and overhaul of hydro-technical installations.