Mr Putin instructed the Minister to keep in permanent contact with the United States and other countries to enhance team efforts against international terrorism. He stressed the necessity of relying mainly on the United Nations and its Security Council.
Mr Putin told Mr Ivanov to step up preparations for an upcoming meeting of the Russian and US Presidents during the APEC summit in Shanghai and the Russian President’s official visit to the United States, due in mid-November.
Mr Ivanov summarised for Mr Putin the agenda of his visit to the United States and contacts in the United Nations.