Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

Taking part in the meeting were Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Volodin VyacheslavChairman of the State Duma , Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino Vaino AntonChief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu Shoigu SergeiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Defence Minister Andrei Belousov Belousov AndreiDefence Minister of the Russian Federation , Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister of the Russian Federation , Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service .

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, today we will address an issue that, upon the first look, has no direct relation to the work of the Security Council and its briefing session. However, I believe it is no coincidence that it is on our agenda. I am talking about the development of the rare and rare earth metals industry to ensure the technological sovereignty and national security of the Russian Federation. This issue is extremely important for all participants in our meeting - and it is clear why.

Let's get down to work.

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