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The meeting’s participants continued their exchange of views in preparation for the top-level international contacts that will take place on the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum and discussed some matters of substance related to Mr Putin’s upcoming address at the forum’s plenary session.

The need to learn from France’s experience in organising football events in the context of the preparing for the 2018 football world cup in Russia was also a subject of discussion.

Current international and regional issues were also on the agenda at the meeting.

Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov, and Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev.