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Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko held talks in Beijing on Sunday following an aborted mutiny by the Wagner group.
China’s foreign ministry said that Rudenko had exchanged views with China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Sino-Russian relations and “international and regional issues of common concern”.
It later said China supports Russia in maintaining its national stability and the recent escalation in tensions in Russia was Russia’s “internal affairs”.
The Chinese side expressed support for the efforts of the leadership of the Russian Federation to stabilise the situation in the country in connection with the events of June 24 and confirmed its interest in strengthening the cohesion and further prosperity of Russia,” the Russian foreign ministry said.