Along with written greetings, Vladimir Putin received a number of telephone calls, in particular, from President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, President of Armenia Serge Sargsyan, and former Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi.
Pressing issues on the international and bilateral agenda were also discussed during these conversations.