Kremlin on Putin's meeting with Russian Security Council

Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the situation in the Middle East and a number of Russia’s internal problems with the permanent members of the Security Council, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"It was stated that a very unstable and strained situation in the region must not be provoked by ill-considered actions and statements by countries that have a direct bearing on the settlement process," TASS cited the spokesman as saying.

The meeting was attended by the country's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Kremlin Administration Head Anton Vaino, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, as well as special representative of the President on Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergey Ivanov.