Lithuania’s president says CIA chief’s Moscow trip ‘achieved its goals’

Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda said he has been briefed by the US on the content of CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s talks in Moscow, describing the visit as aimed at reducing regional tensions.

“I can say at this stage that the meeting achieved its stated objectives and it was aimed at reducing tensions in the region,” Nauseda said in Vilnius, according to Lithuanian media reports on Monday.

“I very much hope that this message reached the Kremlin regime in good time.” He did not provide...