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President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the senior Defence Ministry officials and members of the Defence Ministry Collegium

February 15, 2007, Defence Ministry, Moscow

Mr Putin presented the ministry’s new head, Anatoly Serdyukov.

The President thanked Mr Serdyukov’s predecessor, Sergei Ivanov, for his work as defence minister and said that he had succeeded in reaching set objectives.

Mr Ivanov thanked the members of the Defence Ministry Collegium for their work together over the past six years and asked them to give their support to the new defence minister.

February 15, 2007, Defence Ministry, Moscow