News - Middle East: The Kremlin says another meeting between the spy chiefs of Russia and the United States cannot be ruled out, as relations between Moscow and Washington continue to be at a post-Cold War low over the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's SVR Foreign Intelligence Service, and US Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns met in the Turkish capital of Ankara in November last year, almost nine months into the war between Russia and Ukraine.

During the meeting, Burns, according to US officials, warned Naryshkin about the consequences of any use of nuclear weapons by Russia in its war with Ukraine.

In early November 2021, Burns, who speaks Russian, also flew to Moscow to convey "serious" US concerns to Russian President Vladimir Putin about Moscow's military buildup along the Ukrainian border.

"It can't be ruled out, and of course this kind of dialog makes sense... I don't know about exact dates," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday, when asked about the prospect of another meeting between Naryshkin and Burns.

Earlier on Tuesday, Naryshkin had told TASS that a meeting between him and Burns was possible.