CIA Director Bill Burns meeting with Russian counterpart Monday

CIA Director Costs Burns is consulting with his Russian intelligence equivalent, Sergey Naryshkin, in Ankara Monday as part of a continuous effort by the United States to “interact with Russia on handling threat” and to talk about the cases of “unjustly apprehended United States people,” a National Security Council representative informs CNN.

” We have actually been extremely open about the reality that we have channels to interact with Russia on handling threat, particularly nuclear threat and dangers to tactical stability,” the representative stated. “As part of this effort, Costs Burns remains in Ankara today to consult with his Russian intelligence equivalent.”.

CNN has actually formerly reported that nationwide security advisor Jake Sullivan has actually likewise been in touch with his Russian equivalents to alert them of the repercussions need to Russia utilize a nuclear weapon in Ukraine.

The representative stressed that Burns “is not performing settlements of any kind.”.

” He is not talking about settlement of the war in Ukraine. He is communicating a message on the repercussions of using nuclear weapons by Russia, and the dangers of escalation to tactical stability. He will likewise raise the cases of unjustly apprehended United States people.”.

The representative included that the United States informed Ukraine on the conference in advance of Burns’ journey.

” We securely adhere to our essential concept: absolutely nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,” the representative stated.