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Vladimir Putin held a meeting with permanent Security Council members.
The participants held a detailed discussion of strategic stability, including in the context of the intention of the US to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty) and other aspects of Russian-American relations.
The participants focused on the current situation with the Syrian reconciliation process with due account of preparations for the meeting between the leaders of Germany, France, Turkey and Russia scheduled for Saturday in Istanbul.
The participants touched on the situation in Krasnodar Territory after the heavy rains and flooding.
The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov.
October 25, 2018, The Kremlin, Moscow