Meeting with permanent members of Security Council

The participants focused on current issues of the country’s socioeconomic development and the prospects for a settlement in Syria following the establishment of the Constitutional Committee.

They also exchanged opinions on ways to protect security after the demise of the INF Treaty, including in the context of recent letters on this subject sent to the heads of the leading European and Asian countries.

Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryPrime Minister 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 , Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiDefence Minister , Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence 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 .