From the Russian side, the following people participated in the summit: President Vladimir Putin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Presidential Aides Sergei Yastrzhembsky and Viktor Ivanov, Russian Ambassador to Great Britain, Yuri Fedotov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Community in Brussels, Vladimir Chizhov, Trade and Economic Development Minister, German Gref, Transport Minister Igor Levitin, Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko, and Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.
From the EU side, the summit's participants were: President of the European Council and Prime Minister of Great Britain, Anthony Blair, the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, the High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, members of the European Commission, Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Peter Mandelson, British Ambassador to Russia Anthony Brenton and other officials.
Following the talks Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Anthony Blair, President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana made press statements and answered journalists' questions. The press conference's main themes were the prospects for a simplified visa regime for given categories of citizens, development of partnership in the energy sector, and the implementation of the provisions of the Road Map for the Four Common Spaces in economics, external, internal security, science and education.