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Wagner Group leader Evgeny Prigozhin will abandon his mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin in a bid to avoid a “bloodbath” within Russia, according to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Lukashenko announced in a statement on Saturday that Prigozhin has agreed after talks with Putin to halt his insurrection in exchange for “security guarantees” for his fighters.
Belarusian President, in agreement qith Vladimir Putin, held talks with Wagner PMC head — Minsk
Alexander Lukashenko’s press service has reported that Yevgeny Prigozhin accepted a proposal to stop the Wagner movement inside Russia, and to take further steps to de-escalate… pic.twitter.com/IlQx9CAadI
— RT (@RT_com) June 24, 2023
The statement read:
This morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin briefed his Belarusian counterpart on the situation in southern Russia with the private military company Wagner. The heads of state agreed on joint actions.
As a follow-up to the agreements, the President of Belarus, having additionally specified the situation through his own channels, and in agreement with the President of Russia, held talks with the head of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Negotiations continued throughout the day. As a result, they came to agreements on the inadmissibility of unleashing a bloody massacre on the territory of Russia. Yevgeny Prigozhin accepted the proposal of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to stop the movement of armed persons of the Wagner company on the territory of Russia and take further steps to de-escalate tensions.
At the moment, an absolutely profitable and acceptable option for solving the situation is on the table, with security guarantees for the Wagner PMC fighters.
As previously reported, also during today, the President of Belarus held two meetings with the power bloc of the country on this situation.
This comes hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the nation over the coup attempt, blasting the Wagner Group for committing “treason.”
Wagner convoys had been en route to Moscow hours after passing through the southern city of Rostov-on-Don.
“In a series of video statements released since Friday, Prigozhin declared that he was advancing on Moscow to confront Russian military officials he deemed corrupt,” RT reported.
“Prigozhin garnered no support from the Russian establishment. Instead, Putin accused the Wagner chief of “backstabbing our country and our people,” while Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) opened a criminal investigation into Prigozhin for ‘calling for an armed rebellion.‘”
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