The meeting of the head of the CIA William Burns and the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin last year took place at the request of US President Joe Biden to the head of the Russian state Vladimir Putin, said the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, his words are brought by Russian media.
The minister emphasized that the meeting was “serious and useful.”
“asked Bayden Putin so that Naryshkin met with Burns, the meeting took place,” the minister said.
At the end of November 2022, Naryshkin said that he had met with the director of the CIA to discuss nuclear security and Ukraine. “I can additionally note that the most common words at this meeting were“ strategic stability ”,“ nuclear security ”,“ Ukraine ”and“ Kyiv regime, ”he said.