Meeting with permanent members of Security Council

Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council.

The discussion focused on current issues on the domestic socioeconomic agenda. There was also an exchange of views on cyber security efforts.

Participants discussed the situation in Syria with an emphasis on the US strike on Syria the day before. It was noted that such actions were illegitimate and seriously hampered the process of establishing de-escalation zones and the entire intra-Syria settlement process.

Attending 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 , State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Volodin Vyacheslav Volodin VyacheslavState Duma Speaker , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino Vaino Anton Vaino AntonChief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev Vladimir Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister , 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 and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport .