On June 22, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in California at the start of an official visit to the United States including talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and a tour of Silicon Valley - the heart of the U.S. hi-tech industry.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankOn June 22, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in California at the start of an official visit to the United States including talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and a tour of Silicon Valley - the heart of the U.S. hi-tech industry. Photo: Dmitry Medvedev and California’s First Lady, Maria Shriver, in San Jose Municipal Airport in California.
On June 22, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in California at the start of an official visit to the United States including talks with U.S. President Barack Obama and a tour of Silicon Valley - the heart of the U.S. hi-tech industry. Photo: Dmitry Medvedev and California’s First Lady, Maria Shriver, in San Jose Municipal Airport in California.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneyev / Go to the mediabankThe Russian president kicked off his three-day visit to the United States with dinner with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in San Francisco.
The Russian president kicked off his three-day visit to the United States with dinner with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in San Francisco.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabank“It is interesting for me to start my visit to the United States with California, with San Francisco. I have never been here before,” the president said. “California is one of the most economically advanced U.S. states.”
“It is interesting for me to start my visit to the United States with California, with San Francisco. I have never been here before,” the president said. “California is one of the most economically advanced U.S. states.”
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankThe talks touched upon the business issues. Medvedev said Russian-U.S. hi-tech cooperation would be rather productive.
The talks touched upon the business issues. Medvedev said Russian-U.S. hi-tech cooperation would be rather productive.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankMedvedev liked the idea of Russian-U.S. exchanges in the high-tech sphere.
Medvedev liked the idea of Russian-U.S. exchanges in the high-tech sphere.
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankDuring the talks, Schwarzenegger signed an agreement with the head of Russia's Skolkovo research hub Viktor Vekselberg on the maintenance and protection of California’s Fort Ross state park. Photo: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
During the talks, Schwarzenegger signed an agreement with the head of Russia's Skolkovo research hub Viktor Vekselberg on the maintenance and protection of California’s Fort Ross state park. Photo: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
© RIA Novosti . Sergey Guneev / Go to the mediabankRussian President said he was amazed by San-Francisco. “San-Francisco is very beautiful city. The weather changes every two or three minutes. It is hard to work in such a city, you want to see more,” he said.
Russian President said he was amazed by San-Francisco. “San-Francisco is very beautiful city. The weather changes every two or three minutes. It is hard to work in such a city, you want to see more,” he said.