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The agenda included urgent issues of socio-economic development and foreign policy.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov commented on the resolution on Iran adopted by the UN Security Council.

Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin spoke about the development of the banking system in 2006 and preparations for the Sberbank and VTB flotation in 2007.

Health and Social Development Minister Mikhail Zurabov informed the president about the efforts to implement the law on improving the pension provision to servicemen’s widows.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov reported on the results achieved by the government and the State Duma (the lower house of parliament) in 2006.

First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev reported on the supplies of diagnostic equipment and ER vehicles within the priority national program on health.

Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov spoke about the provision of housing to servicemen.

Vladimir Putin instructed Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov to monitor the provision of departmental housing to servicemen. He suggested that Sergei Ivanov should discuss the issue with the heads of the five most expensive and therefore most problematic regions, and that the government officials in charge of the economy make preparations to promptly issue funds for the construction of housing for servicemen.