# CIA chief, Vatican diplomacy head visited Russia to talk, Lavrov says

https://mins.news/en/item/35195

- TASS, 2026-08-28 04:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2178665

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the same-day Moscow visits by CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Vatican Secretary for Relations with States Paul Richard Gallagher reflected their wish to come and talk with the Russian side.

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