John Brennan
Reuters, 28/03 15:42 CET
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The director of the U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, raised the issue of Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad leaving power when he visited Moscow at the
start of March, RIA news agency cited the U.S. embassy in Russia as saying on Monday.
Brennan also discussed the observance of the ceasefire in Syria, the agency said.
Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign
Minister Oleg Syromolotov as saying earlier on Monday that Brennan had
meetings at Russia’s Federal Security Service, among other places, and
his visit was not linked to the decision by Moscow to start withdrawing
its forces from Syria.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said later on Monday that
there had been no contacts between Brennan and the Kremlin during the
visit.
(Reporting by Anton Zverev and Polina Devitt; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Christian Lowe)
Source: Euronews
No comments:
Post a Comment