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The President held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council, via videoconference.
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, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues,
Mr Lavrov was busy preparing the Russia-Africa summit and has visited several friendly countries. Let’s ask him to begin our meeting today with a report on his trip to Africa.
Mr Lavrov, go ahead please.
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February 13, 2023, Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region