Meeting with permanent Security Council members

The participants held a detailed discussion of strategic stability, including in the context of the intention of the US to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) and other aspects of Russian-American relations.

The participants focused on the current situation with the Syrian reconciliation process with due account of preparations for the meeting between the leaders of Germany, France, Turkey and Russia scheduled for Saturday in Istanbul.

The participants touched on the situation in Krasnodar Territory after the heavy rains and flooding.

The meeting was attended by 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 , State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Volodin Vyacheslav Volodin VyacheslavChairman of the State Duma , 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 NikolaiAide to the President , Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev Vladimir Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister of the Russian Federation , Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Lavrov Sergei Lavrov SergeiMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport .