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America's intelligence chief reportedly traveled to Moscow without public announcement to tell Russian officials not to attack a NATO country.
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is the mutual-defense alliance that commits its members, including the United States, to respond if any one of them is attacked.
The trip was attributed to CIA director John Ratcliffe and described as secretive. A visit of this kind sits outside normal diplomatic channels. It does not go through an embassy or a foreign ministry.
The decision to deliver a message quietly, without a public record, typically signals that the sender considers the stakes high enough to warrant direct contact.
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