Mr Medvedev and Mr Ban discussed issues related to the global financial and economic crisis. Mr Medvedev gave his support to an initiative to hold a conference on the crisis under the UN’s aegis.
Also on the agenda were the UN’s current activities and development prospects, and the situation in Afghanistan.
Mr Ban was in Moscow to take part in an international conference on Afghanistan, initiated by Russia under the aegis of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in the aim of coordinating and intensifying international cooperation in fighting terrorism, drugs trafficking and trans-border organised crime originating in Afghanistan.