US-Russia Push for Relationship Restoration... Phone Call Between Intelligence Chiefs

"Agreement on Regular Contacts"

As the United States and Russia pursue the restoration of their relationship, the heads of intelligence from both countries held a phone call.

According to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), and John Ratcliffe, director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), spoke by phone. The SVR announced in a statement on the 12th (local time) that they also agreed to regular contacts to ease tensions between the two countries.

The call took place on the 11th, the same day the U.S. and Ukraine held negotiations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The SVR explained that the intelligence chiefs agreed to maintain regular contact to promote international stability and security and to ease tensions in bilateral relations.

They added that the intelligence agencies discussed issues related to mutual interests and crisis management cooperation.

Since the leaders' phone call on the 12th of last month, when they agreed to immediately start negotiations to end the war in Ukraine and cooperate, both countries have been focusing on restoring their relationship.