Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

The meeting participants discussed the situation in Syria and exchanged opinions on Ukraine, agreeing that there is no alternative to the complete implementation of the Minsk Agreements.

They also discussed the President’s planned international contacts on issues pertaining to the CSTO Background information Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and in light of his upcoming visit to India, as well as current issues on the domestic socioeconomic agenda.

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 Vyacheslav Volodin Volodin Vyacheslav Volodin VyacheslavChairman of the State Duma , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino Vaino Anton Vaino AntonChief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiAide to the President , Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Lavrov Sergei Lavrov SergeiMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation , 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 Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service , and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport .