Meeting with permanent members of Security Council

Meeting with permanent members of Security Council.

The meeting addressed issues on the socioeconomic agenda and international affairs, including the situation in Donbass with regard to multiple violations of the ceasefire by the Ukrainian armed forces.

A detailed exchange of views was held on a wide range of international topics within the context of preparing for the President’s international trip to China and Australia next week to participate in the APEC and G20 summits.

Participants in the meeting included Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko Valentina Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service , Security Council Chairman Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiAide to the President , Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev Vladimir Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister of the Russian Federation , Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Lavrov Sergei Lavrov SergeiMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Foreign Intelligence Service Director Mikhail Fradkov Fradkov Mikhail Fradkov MikhailDirector of Russian Institute for Strategic Studies , Deputy Security Council Secretary Rashid Nurgaliyev Nurgaliyev Rashid Nurgaliyev RashidFirst Deputy Secretary of the Security Council and permanent Security Council member Boris Gryzlov Gryzlov Boris Gryzlov BorisAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus .