New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today (June 19, 2004) chaired the first meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security which was understood to have reviewed the security scenario in the country and the situation along its borders.

The two-hour meeting was attended by Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Home Minister Shivraj Patil, Finance Minister P Chidambaram and External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh.

National Security Adviser J N Dixit, Army Chief N C Vij, Cabinet Secretary B K Chaturvedi, IB Chief K P Singh and RAW Chief C D Sahay also attended the meeting.