BEIJING: Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko flew to Beijing for talks with China on 'international' issues, amid a major challenge by Russian mercenaries to President Vla
Rudenko on Sunday exchanged views with China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang in a meeting in the Chinese capital on Sino-Russian relations as well as"international and regional issues of common concern", China's foreign ministry said in a one-line statement on its website.
China has yet to publicly comment on the rebellion that Putin said threatened Russia's very existence. Western leaders including US President Joe Biden said they were closely monitoring the situation. Earlier, mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said his"march" on Moscow was intended to remove corrupt and incompetent commanders he blames for botching the war in Ukraine. Prigozhin's mercenary Wagner army has since halted its advance in a move Prigozhin said would avoid bloodshed.
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