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March 26, 2002, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to Hamid Karzai, head of Afghanistan's interim administration, expressing condolences on the loss of thousands of lives in an earthquake March 26, 2002, 00:00

President Vladimir Putin sent a message to the Arab summit to be held in Beirut on March 27–28 March 26, 2002, 00:00

March 23, 2002, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with President Saparmurat Niyazov of Turkmenistan March 23, 2002, 14:30

March 22, 2002, Friday

President Vladimir Putin chaired a meeting on the socio-economic development of the Krasnoyarsk Region March 22, 2002, 19:30 Krasnoyarsk

President Vladimir Putin visited Oktyabrsky Mine in Talnakh, a town forming part of the Norilsk municipality March 22, 2002, 10:30 Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous District

March 20, 2002, Wednesday

President Vladimir Putin chaired a joint meeting of the Security Council, the State Council presidium and the presidential Council on Science and High Technologies March 20, 2002, 19:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Chinese President Jiang Zemin March 20, 2002, 16:20

President Vladimir Putin chaired a Defence Ministry meeting on the strategy and future prospects of defence planning March 20, 2002, 13:00 Moscow

March 19, 2002, Tuesday

President Vladimir Putin met with Slovak President Rudolf Schuster in the Kremlin March 19, 2002, 22:30 Moscow

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko March 19, 2002, 20:40

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev March 19, 2002, 13:30

President Vladimir Putin met with spokesmen of Russian Jewish communities March 19, 2002, 13:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

March 18, 2002, Monday

Vladimir Putin met with Pyotr Simonenko, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine March 18, 2002, 20:00 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin received credentials from the ambassadors of Greece, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Afghanistan, Romania and the Kingdom of Lesotho March 18, 2002, 14:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

Vladimir Putin chaired a session of the government March 18, 2002, 12:30 The Kremlin, Moscow

March 17, 2002, Sunday

Odessa hosted a trilateral meeting of the Russian, Ukrainian and Moldovan heads of state March 17, 2002, 17:00

March 16, 2002, Saturday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with President Askar Akayev of Kyrgyzstan March 16, 2002, 16:00

March 15, 2002, Friday

President Vladimir Putin spoke by telephone with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon March 15, 2002, 17:40

President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with chairman of the PLO Executive Committee, President of the Palestinian National Authority Yasser Arafat March 15, 2002, 15:30

March 14, 2002, Thursday

Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad March 14, 2002, 15:10 The Kremlin, Moscow

Plenary session of St Petersburg International Economic Forum