The participants exchanged views on the forthcoming talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in particular, on the situation in Syria and Ukraine.
Urgent socioeconomic issues in Russia were discussed separately.
The meeting was attended by Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev and Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov.
