Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council on Friday and discussed the development of relations with the closest neighbors and partners in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).
"Today we will talk about the development of relations in one of our most important areas – the development of relations with our closest neighbors and allies in the Eurasian Economic Union. There are many aspects that are constantly in the field of our attention, but there are certain topics that we have agreed to discuss today," Putin said, opening the meeting, which was held via video conference.
He gave the floor to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to make a report.
The meeting was also attended by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov, and Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergey Naryshkin, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation on Environmental Protection, Ecology, and Transport Sergei Ivanov.
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Based on materials from TASS