The Kremlin confirmed that talks between US and Russian intelligence officials were held in Ankara on Monday. “Such negotiations really took place. It was the initiative of the American side,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Russia’s top news agency as saying. Peskov’s remarks followed reports that said US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns had traveled to Turkey to speak to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service.
