Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council.

The participants discussed current matters on the socioeconomic agenda and examined the situation in southeast Ukraine, following an increase in incidents of firing by Ukrainian security forces at residential areas in the Donbass region and members of the OSCE mission working in the area.

The Security Council members also discussed matters related to efforts to prevent the spread of the Islamic State terrorist group’s activities.

Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service , Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiDefence Minister , Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov Alexander Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev Nurgaliyev Rashid Nurgaliyev RashidFirst Deputy Secretary of the Security Council and permanent member of the Security Council Boris Gryzlov Gryzlov Boris Gryzlov BorisAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus .