I believe that meetings at the top level in a relatively informal atmosphere are always useful, and there is reason to hope that we will make progress in resolving the matters we will be considering.

A policy of expansionism and conquest has no future in the modern world.

In relations between the states ... the interests of the country should be correlated with the interests of other countries, and compromise is to be found when resolving the most complex issues.

Our trend in the privatization process and gradual withdrawal of the state from certain assets remains unchanged.

We don't need a weakened government but a strong government that would take responsibility for the rights of the individual and care for the society as a whole.

Here we have 40 million Russian citizens involved in the sphere of agriculture one way or another. This is very important.

Terrorists are always a threat to someone. If we'll be scared of them, it means they have won.