Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council.

Meeting participants discussed issues relating to Russia’s social and economic development, particularly budgetary funding for law enforcement agencies and the Defence Ministry. They also talked about international affairs, in particular with regard to regional conflicts.

Other matters discussed included the situation concerning Russia’s diplomatic mission in Libya, which was recently the target of a daring attack, and the issue of ensuring the security of Russian diplomatic missions in general.

Taking part in the meeting were Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko Valentina Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport , 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 , Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov Alexander Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , Foreign Intelligence Service Director Mikhail Fradkov Fradkov Mikhail Fradkov MikhailDirector of Russian Institute for Strategic Studies , Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev Nurgaliyev Rashid Nurgaliyev RashidFirst Deputy Secretary of the Security Council and permanent member of the Security Council Boris Gryzlov Gryzlov Boris Gryzlov BorisAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus .