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Vladimir Putin held a videoconference briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council.
The meeting was attended by 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, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, good afternoon.
Today we are scheduled to discuss international cooperation in defence and security.
We have agreed many times that it is impossible to effectively resolve certain problems in this area alone and that we need to join forces with our partners in order to ensure our own security as well.
Let us get started.
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August 13, 2021, Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region