Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda said Tuesday he had been informed about CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow but declined to discuss the substance of the meeting.
“We knew about the meeting,” Nausėda said. “I would not want to discuss its content because, first of all, that is a matter for the parties to the meeting.”
Lithuania had been informed by its partners that details about the meeting, including its purpose and content, would be shared with Vilnius promptly, Nausėda said.
“We were informed by our partners that information about this meeting, its objectives and content would be provided to us immediately – probably next week,” he said.
Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit to Moscow Tuesday, becoming one of the few senior US officials to travel to Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
