The director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, confirmed in an interview with the Russian media that he had met with the director of the CIA William Burns. According to him, during the conversation, nuclear safety and issues related to Ukraine were discussed.
“The most common words at this meeting were” strategic stability “,” nuclear security “,” Ukraine “and” Kyiv regime, “said Naryshkin.
He also confirmed the words of the temporary attorney in US affairs in Moscow Elizabeth Rud. Earlier, she said that Moscow and Washington have a channel to discuss the topic of nuclear risk management at the special services level. Then the diplomat noted that, if necessary, Berns and Naryshkin may be negotiated again.
Recall, on November 14, the head of the CIA William Burns was in Turkey, where he met with Naryshkin. After that, Berns visited Kyiv. The Russian side then stated that the topic of Ukraine was not discussed at the meeting. For several days, the Nazen Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov, to the question of whether contacts with the United States are planned to be in Ukraine, said “there is simply nothing to talk about in Ukraine.” “Dialogue, and even more so negotiations simply cannot be, given the radical opposite of positions,” said Ryabkov.