Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

The participants discussed the ongoing operations that Russia’s air and space forces are carrying out in Syria. They also exchanged views on and expressed concern over renewed recent provocations along the contact line in the Donbass region, in particular, firing at positions held by forces from the Lugansk and Donetsk people’s republics. Also on the meeting’s agenda were current socioeconomic issues, including the situation in the aviation sector and ensuring flight safety.

Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko Valentina Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport , Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiAide to the President , Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev Vladimir Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister of the Russian Federation , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov Alexander Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov Fradkov Mikhail Fradkov MikhailDirector of Russian Institute for Strategic Studies , 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 .