The meeting discussed defence doctrine issues and increasing the nation’s defence capacity.
Participants in the meeting included Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Deputy Security Council Secretary Rashid Nurgaliyev, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov, Foreign Intelligence Service Director Mikhail Fradkov, and permanent Security Council member Boris Gryzlov.