Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues.
Today, we will discuss our participation in the work of some international organisations that are, undoubtedly, of special interest to us, bearing in mind the fact that this is linked with key aspects of Russia’s foreign policy and the resolution of security matters, especially in the context of developments in the east, and of course, particularly those in Afghanistan.
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