Putin Talked With More Than 20 Foreign Leaders This Week Russian President Vladimir Putin held separate talks this week with more than 20 foreign leaders on the sidelines of two major summits in Moscow. A major international program began on Tuesday, October 27, with a telephone conversation with the President of Finland and the Prime Minister of Norway. Then the forum of the gas exporting countries was waiting for Putin. That evening the President held five bilateral meetings, including with the President of Iran, the Emir of Qatar and the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya. The gas forum was followed by a Russian-African summit. On October 28 and 29, Putin continued his marathon of bilateral meetings with African leaders - during which he spoke with the leaders of Egypt, Namibia, Burundi, Kenya, the Republic of Congo and Ethiopia. On Friday, October 30, the Russian leader held nine bilateral talks in the Kremlin - with the leaders of Sudan, Madagascar, Ghana, Mali, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo and Eritrea.

Putin Talked With More Than 20 Foreign Leaders This Week Russian President Vladimir Putin held separate talks this week with more than 20 foreign leaders on the sidelines of two major summits in Moscow. A major international program began on Tuesday, October 27, with a telephone conversation with the President of Finland and the Prime Minister of Norway. Then the forum of the gas exporting countries was waiting for Putin. That evening the President held five bilateral meetings, including with the President of Iran, the Emir of Qatar and the Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya. The gas forum was followed by a Russian-African summit. On October 28 and 29, Putin continued his marathon of bilateral meetings with African leaders - during which he spoke with the leaders of Egypt, Namibia, Burundi, Kenya, the Republic of Congo and Ethiopia. On Friday, October 30, the Russian leader held nine bilateral talks in the Kremlin - with the leaders of Sudan, Madagascar, Ghana, Mali, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo and Eritrea.