Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council.

Russian gas supplies to Ukraine was one of the subjects discussed, with the meeting’s participants stressing the need to guarantee full transit of gas supplies via Ukraine to consumers in Eastern and Western Europe.

An exchange of views on the implementation of the Minsk agreements in Ukraine also took place.

The meeting’s agenda also included development of integration efforts within the Eurasian Economic Union in light of the upcoming summit between the member countries. Combating corruption was discussed as a separate item on the agenda.

Taking part in the meeting were 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 Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service , Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiAide to the President , Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Lavrov Sergei Lavrov SergeiMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation , Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev Vladimir Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister of the Russian Federation , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov Alexander Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev Nurgaliyev Rashid Nurgaliyev RashidFirst Deputy Secretary of the Security Council , Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov Fradkov Mikhail Fradkov MikhailDirector of Russian Institute for Strategic Studies , and permanent member of the Security Council Boris Gryzlov Gryzlov Boris Gryzlov BorisAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus .