“I had a telephone conversation with my American counterpart, and we agreed to call ourselves at any time to discuss the questions that interest us“Said Narychkin on Russian state television without giving more details.
Mr. Narychkine, a relative of President Vladimir Putin, and Mr. Ratcliffe had already spoke on March 11, their first known contact since the return to the White House of Donald Trump at the start of the year.
These two official calls between the heads of the Russian SVR and the American CIA intervene when Moscow and Washington have started warming their diplomatic relations, despite the continuation of the conflict in Ukraine, where the Americans support kyiv.
However, disagreements are numerous between Moscow and Washington, after many years of extreme tensions. The Americans continue, for example, to provide kyiv with essential intelligence to Ukrainian forces after more than three years of large -scale offensive of the Russian army.
In March, Sergei Narychkine and John Ratcliffe had “Agreement to (maintain) regular contacts“, According to a press release from the Russian party quoted by the state agency Tass.
