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President Vladimir Putin met President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia June 20, 2000, 16:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Korea Kim Yang-kyun June 20, 2000, 14:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin met State Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznyov June 20, 2000, 13:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

June 19, 2000, Monday

President Vladimir Putin held talks with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev June 19, 2000, 19:00 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung June 19, 2000, 15:20

President Vladimir Putin issued a commendation to Alexander Udaltsov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Latvian Republic, for his assistance in organising the celebration of the 55th anniversary of the victory in the 1941–1945 Great Patriotic War and for his efforts to protect the rights of compatriot veterans living in Latvia June 19, 2000, 00:00

June 17, 2000, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin had negotiations with Moldovan President Petru Lucinschi in Chisinau June 17, 2000, 14:00 Chisinau

Vladimir Putin made a special statement in connection with the 75th anniversary of signing the 1925 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare and the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Prohibition of Bacteriological Weapons and Their Destruction, in which he confirmed Russia's strong adherence to the principles and provisions contained in these documents and expressed hope for similar attitude to them on the part of other signatory countries June 17, 2000, 00:00

The Russian President sent a message to Her Majesty Elizabeth II, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, congratulating her on the national holiday — Her Majesty's Birthday June 17, 2000, 00:00

June 16, 2000, Friday

President Vladimir Putin met President of Moldova Petru Lucinschi June 16, 2000, 23:30 Chisinau

President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Doris Schroeder-Kepf took a walk of Berlin June 16, 2000, 19:00

President Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schroeder held the final round of negotiations at the Office of the German Chancellor June 16, 2000, 16:30 Berlin

President Vladimir Putin and Gerhard Schroeder visited an exhibition containing part of the Bremen collection, which Russia recently returned to Germany June 16, 2000, 14:30 Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met representatives of major German companies June 16, 2000, 14:00 The German Economy House, Berlin

President Vladimir Putin laid a wreath to the monument to the Soviet liberator soldier in Treptow Park June 16, 2000, 12:00 Berlin

June 15, 2000, Thursday

President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder continued to negotiate at a working dinner June 15, 2000, 23:00 Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met the CEOs of Wintershall, Ruhrgas and Siemens June 15, 2000, 22:00 Hotel Palace, Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl June 15, 2000, 20:30 Hotel Palace, Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met representatives of German political and business circles June 15, 2000, 20:00 The German Economy House, Berlin

President Vladimir Putin met German President Johannes Rau June 15, 2000, 18:00 Bellevue Castle, Berlin

"We remember the lessons of World War II and will never agree with the distortion of those events or attempts to justify the murderers and slander the true victors."