* Russian and South Korean Presidents Vladimir Putin and Roh Moo-hyun held bilateral talks in Busan after the APEC summit
* The Plan of Action in the trade and economic sphere was signed following the talks of the Russian and South Korean presidents in Busan
* Russia's Vneshtorgbank (Foreign Trade Bank) and Korea Exchange Bank signed a cooperation agreement
* UN Secretary General Kofi Annan paid a short visit to Georgia on his way from Islamabad to New York and met with President Mikhail Saakashvili
* Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili unveiled the first military base built to NATO standards
* The Russian Foreign Ministry said the status and prospects of Russian-Iraqi cooperation would be a focus of negotiations with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Mahmud Zebari in Moscow
* Governor of the Maritime territory in the Far East Sergei Darkin said Russia could host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in 2012
