CIA Director "quietly" contacted the Russian side, after the Wagner incident, Russia | the United States | the incident
According to the website of The Wall Street Journal on June 30th, after the Wagner incident, CIA Director William Burns quietly contacted the Russian side and conveyed a message to the Russian side that the United States was not involved in this internal incident in Russia.
According to reports, Burns' conversation with Sergei Nareshkin, the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Agency, was the highest level of contact between the governments of the United States and Russia after the Wagner incident.
The report points out that Burns' proactive contact with the Russian side is part of the White House's message to Putin and his core circle. The US wants to make it clear to the Russian side that it has nothing to do with the actions of the Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigoren, and does not seek to provoke tensions within Russia.
▲ Data image: William Burns, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States
According to reports, US officials have privately stated that they hope to avoid giving the Kremlin any false accusations and blaming Russia's external enemies for the Wagner incident.
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A US official said that Burns' message to the Russian side was: "The United States is not involved. This is an internal matter of Russia."
The other details of this week's call are still unknown, according to the report.
The report stated that the White House refused to comment on this.
On June 26th, US President Biden told the media that the West has "nothing to do with the Wagner incident.". He said, "I also convened our key allies through video conferencing. They unanimously agreed that we must ensure that we do not give Putin any excuses... blame the West, blame NATO."