The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qin Gang, received the Russian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrei Rudenko, in Beijing this Sunday, in a meeting scheduled for the short rebellion of the Wagner paramilitary organization.
Qin and Rudenko discussed the international and regional situation and matters of common interest, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Rudenko is the “number two” of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, suspended this Saturday the rebellion movements in Russia against the military command, less than 24 hours after having occupied Rostov, a key city in the south of the country for the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the group’s action a rebellion, saying it was a “deadly threat” to the Russian state and treason, guaranteeing that “civil war” would not ensue.
At the end of the day, when Wagner’s forces were reported advancing to some 200 kilometers from Moscow, Prigozhin announced that he had negotiated an agreement with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Earlier, the head of the paramilitary group accused the Russian army of attacking his mercenary camps, causing “a very high number of casualties,” accusations that expose deep tensions within Moscow’s forces over the offensive in Ukraine.
Source: TSF
