Meeting with Security Council permanent members

The participants discussed, in particular, the developments in Syria, noting the need for Russia to continue its active efforts to provide humanitarian relief to the residents of east Aleppo.

In addition, they discussed a number of issues related to the implementation of the main provisions of the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , 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 NikolaiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko Valentina Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Volodin Vyacheslav Volodin VyacheslavState Duma Speaker , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiDefence Minister , Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev Vladimir Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister , 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 on Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport .