{"id":2145,"date":"2022-11-15T07:15:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T07:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diamondtvzambia.com\/staging\/7839\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2022-11-15T07:15:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T07:15:28","slug":"ukraine-war-us-russian-spy-chiefs-meet-face-to-face-in-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diamondtvzambia.com\/staging\/7839\/ukraine-war-us-russian-spy-chiefs-meet-face-to-face-in-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"UKRAINE WAR: US & RUSSIAN SPY CHIEFS MEET FACE-TO-FACE IN TURKEY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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US and Russian spy chiefs have met face-to-face to discuss Moscow’s nuclear threat in Ukraine and American prisoners held “unjustly” by Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussions between CIA Director William Burns and his Russian counterpart Sergei Naryshkin took place the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The <\/a>Kremlin said the talks came as “an initiative of the American side”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It marks the highest-level public meeting between officials since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House said Mr Burns – who was the US ambassador to Russia between 2005 and 2008 and speaks Russian – was not negotiating the end of the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His message was “on the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons by Russia,” and the risk of “escalation to strategic stability,” the White House said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent months, the US has repeatedly warned Moscow against using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, amid hints from the Kremlin that it could be willing to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of wanting to destroy Russia, stressing he would use “all available means” to protect its territory, in what was seen as a veiled threat to use nuclear weapons. [BBC]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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