The Russian president said he was glad to have an opportunity to get to know the prominent politician, who was U.S. Secretary of State in 1973-77, and to discuss with him Russia-U.S. relations.
Kissinger, 85, said it was a great privilege for him to meet Russia's new president, who was inaugurated on May 7 this year and wished him every success.
"I have followed with great interest your becoming president and the plans you have put forward in some of your speeches. I wish you every success. It is important for Russia and important for the world," he said.
Kissinger is also the U.S. chair of the panel called 'Russia-USA: A Look Into the Future' which was formed last year and is also chaired by Russia's former Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov.
Moscow and Washington have been recently involved in a series of disagreements, which include U.S. plans for a missile shield in Central Europe, NATO expansion, Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, and the issue of Georgia's breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
