Russian Foreign Ministry Comments on Ratcliffe and Gallagher's Visits to Moscow

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko has addressed the visits of CIA Director John Ratcliffe and the head of the Vatican's diplomatic service, Paul Richard Gallagher, to Moscow on the same day.

According to Grushko, the fact that the CIA director and Archbishop Gallagher visited Moscow on the same day is indicative of the quality of their expert status. “I only see a confirmation of the quality of experts here,” Grushko stated in response to a question from a RIA Novosti reporter regarding any connection between the visits.

On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov engaged in talks with Gallagher. He expressed that Moscow expects the Vatican to provide a