INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The heads of Russian and United States intelligence held an unannounced meeting in the Turkish capital Ankara on Monday, the Russian
Kommersant newspaper reported, the first high-level face-to-face talks between the two countries since Moscow launched its invasion of
with CIA director William Burns, according to Reuters.While both the Turkish authorities and the Kremlin refused to comment on the story, a
spokesperson for the White House's National Security Council (NSC) confirmed the meeting to CNN correspondent Natasha Bertrand, stressing
that Burns was "not conducting negotiations of any kind.""He is conveying a message on the consequences of the use of nuclear weapons by
Russia, and the risks of escalation to strategic stability
He will also raise the cases of unjustly detained United States citizens," Bertrand cited the NSC spokesperson as saying in a tweet.The
meeting comes as the annual G20 summit got underway on the Indonesian island of Bali, where Russian President Vladimir Putin is being
represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.Relations between Washington and Moscow have been at a historic low point since the war in
The last high-level talks between Moscow and Washington were held between Lavrov and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in January
