Photo: CIA chief William Burns is meeting with Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergei Naryshkin in Ankara on Monday
Newsweek: U.S. Confirms Talks with Russia in Turkey on Nuclear War Risk, Not Ukraine
The White House has confirmed to Newsweek that delegations from the United States and Russia were currently holding talks in Turkey, but said the discussions were centered around mitigating the nuclear threat between the two nations, not on the current conflict in Ukraine.
"We have been very open about the fact that we have channels to communicate with Russia on managing risk, especially nuclear risk and risks to strategic stability," a spokesperson for the National Security Council told Newsweek.
The spokesperson went on to say that, "as part of this effort," CIA Director William Burns "is in Ankara today to meet with his Russian intelligence counterpart."
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Update: Russian, US intel chiefs focus on nuclear threats, not Ukrainian conflict — media (TASS)
WNU Editor:I am sure Ukraine was brought up.
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