MOSCOW. Nov 6 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted a Russian Security Council meeting to address the coronavirus situation in Russia's regions and the developments in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
"The exchange of opinions on the situation surrounding Karabakh and the settlement efforts continued," Peskov said.
"There was also a substantive conversation on the coronavirus epidemic, with emphasis placed on the state of affairs in Russia's regions, taking into account the measures taken earlier to provide them with extra financial assistance," he said.
The participants also discussed other issues pertaining to Russia's socioeconomic development, Peskov said.
Those at the meeting included Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Chairperson Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, Presidential Executive Office chief Anton Vaino, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov, Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergei Naryshkin, and Special Presidential Representative for Environment Protection, Ecology, and Transport Sergei Ivanov.