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Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov and Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, good afternoon.

We have several important issues to discuss today. One of them is the strengthening of international cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

We will hear several reports. Mr Lavrov goes first. Go ahead, please.

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