Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

In view of the situation in Ukraine, the meeting participants exchanged opinions on the recently adopted law on Donbass. It was noted that the law could certainly have the most adverse impact on the prospects of the intra-Ukrainian settlement. The participants stressed that there is no alternative to the Minsk Agreements and the Normandy format of talks.

Another point of discussion concerned the prospects of the Syrian political resolution – specifically, the current preparations for the Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi.

The agenda also included domestic social and economic issues.

Attending the meeting were Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko Valentina Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino Vaino Anton Vaino AntonChief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov Alexander Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiAide to the President , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service , Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev Vladimir Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister of the Russian Federation , and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport .