The discussion focused on contacts between the President of Russia and the BRICS leaders, as well as the meetings held on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Other subjects on the agenda concerned the country’s socioeconomic development.
Before the meeting, President Putin greeted the personnel and veterans of the Airborne Forces on the occasion of Paratroopers Day.
The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin.
