President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister of the State of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev personally greeted the Russian President on the occasion of his birthday by telephone.
In every conversation, the leaders touched upon the development of bilateral relations as well as topical regional problems. In particular, the military confrontation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone and the escalation in Kyrgyzstan was discussed in several conversations with CIS heads of state.
Vladimir Putin was also warmly greeted by former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder, President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach and President of the International Ice Hockey Federation René Fasel.