CIA Director William Burns gestures as he speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in Washington, Apr. 15, 2021.
VOA/Reuters: CIA Chief Meets Putin's Spy Chief, Warns Against Nuclear Weapons
LONDON/WASHINGTON — U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns is in Turkey to deliver a message to President Vladimir Putin's foreign spy chief about the consequences of a potential Russian use of nuclear weapons, a White House spokesperson said.
In the first known high-level face-to-face U.S.-Russian contact since Putin's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Burns was in Ankara on Monday to meet Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service.
"He is not conducting negotiations of any kind. He is not discussing settlement of the war in Ukraine," said the spokesperson, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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WNU editor: The back channels are busy. The Kremlin has just confirmed that SVR Head Sergei Naryshkin will be meeting CIA Director Burns in Ankara today ... CIA director in Ankara to speak with Russian counterpart — agency (TASS).
CIA Director Willaim Burns Will Meet Sergei Naryshkin, Head Of Russia's SVR Foreign Intelligence Service, In Ankara Today
CIA director Burns to meet Russian counterpart in Turkey -- AP
CIA Director Bill Burns meeting with Russian counterpart Monday -- CNN
CIA chief talks nukes and prisoners with Putin's spy chief -- Reuters
CIA Chief Warns Russian Counterpart Against Using Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine -- Bloomberg
3 comments:
I need to look up back channels. I never had dictionary definition to start with but merely picked it up somewhat nebulously from context from reading magazine and newspaper articles. To me (& I am ignorant and sucking winder here), what is back channel is not this. It is not a cabinet level or thereabouts official going to a known or advertised meeting. It is a rank or two below that out of limelight without TV cameras and photographers.
Exactly right. There is no latitude to speak plainly in meetings like this.
Backchannel Diplomacy Law and Legal Definition
Backchannel diplomacy refers to secret lines of communication held open between two adversaries. It is often communicated through an informal intermediary or through a third party.
Backchannel communication refers to a secondary conversation that takes place at the same time as a conference session, lecture, or instructor-led learning activity.
https://definitions.uslegal.com/b/backchannel-diplomacy/
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