Naryshkin considers meeting with CIA director Burns positively in November 2022 and believes that negotiations would not have lasted more than two hours had either party misbehaved.
“The meeting lasted two and a half hours, and this alone shows that if one of the parties behaved arrogantly, rudely and arrogantly, it would not have taken that long. It was a very nice, quiet conversation.
said Naryshkin.
The previous day, Burns said that Naryshkin had acted arrogantly and arrogantly during the November talks in Ankara.
The director of SVR also suggested why Burns made such an assessment of the meeting in November.
“Perhaps it’s because I realized in this speech that in these negotiations I trust not only my own opinion, or even my opinion, but the opinion of millions of Russia’s people,” he said. aforementioned.
In general, Naryshkin described the meeting positively, describing it as calm and meaningful. The head of the SVR highlighted Burns’ diplomatic experience, but noted that the head of the CIA may not have enough experience in the post.
As early as January 17, Naryshkin said in a conversation with TASS that the meeting with Burns in November was meaningful and that the parties “managed to say a lot to each other to clarify their positions.”
“It was very challenging”
In an interview with CBS on February 26, Burns said that Naryshkin acted boldly and arrogantly at a meeting in Ankara. Overall, the CIA chief described the talks as “pretty depressing”.
“Mr. Naryshkin also had a very defiant attitude. A sense of arrogance and arrogance,” he said.
According to Burns, Naryshkin’s behavior demonstrated Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attitude to the conflict in Ukraine and his belief in an early victory, and that time is on Russia’s side, Europe will run out, and the West will soon. I’m tired of supporting Kiev politically.
meeting in Ankara
National intelligence leaders met in Ankara on January 14, 2022. The talks were first reported by Kommersant on the afternoon of 14 November. The SVR and CIA did not comment on the information. They noted that the meeting had not been announced to the public before.
Later, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, could neither confirm nor deny the information regarding the talks in Ankara. He later confirmed that negotiations had taken place.
Turkey also declined to comment on the meeting between the Russian and American delegations. However, Turkish television channel NTV confirmed that the meeting between Burns and Naryshkin took place at the headquarters of Turkish National Intelligence in Ankara, citing sources in the security services.
Ukraine issue was not discussed in the talks. The meeting focused on strategic stability, nuclear security and a possible prisoner exchange.
“We are open to negotiations with Russia on risk management, particularly nuclear and strategic stability risks. As part of this effort, Bill Burns is in Ankara today to meet with his Russian intelligence colleague,” CNN told CNN, referring to the US Security Council. said that.
The fate of basketball players Brittney Griner and Paul Willan was also discussed during the meeting. Greiner was later replaced by Russian businessman Viktor Bout.
Burns is not discussing a deal in Ukraine. “It conveys a message about the consequences of Russia’s use of nuclear weapons and the risks of escalating to strategic stability,” CNN told CNN.
On December 1, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that the United States insisted on secrecy of the channel, but a leak had been made by Washington and negotiations were immediately evident when the American delegation arrived in Ankara.