The President of Russia

07/17/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/17/2026 06:35

Meeting with members of the Security Council

The President held a briefing session with members of the Security Council, via videoconference. The discussion focused on Russia's foreign policy priorities in the Asia-Pacific region and the work of various agencies in this area. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Lavrov SergeiMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation delivered a keynote report.

Also participating in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin Mishustin MikhailPrime Minister of the Russian Federation , Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Volodin VyacheslavChairman of the State Duma , Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino Vaino AntonChief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu Shoigu SergeiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev NikolaiAide to the President , Defence Minister Andrei Belousov Belousov AndreiDefence Minister of the Russian Federation , Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister of the Russian Federation , Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service .

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Published in sections: News, Security Council

Publication date: July 17, 2026, 14:05

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/80300

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