US authorities increased pressure on their Middle Eastern allies, so that they expelled from Libya and Sudan mercenaries of the Wagner PMC, who have been acting here in recent years.
According to Associated Press, the presidential administration Joe Biden is negotiating with the governments of Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.
Russian mercenaries do not advertise their actions, however, the presence of PMCs in the region is known from reports from places and other evidence. In Sudan, she was connected with former President Omar al-Bashir, and now works with the military leaders who replaced him. In Libya, “Wagner” collaborates with the commander in the east of the country, military leader Caliphi Haftar.
Wagner, as a rule, is aimed at countries with natural resources that can be used for Moscow’s purposes – for example, for gold mines in Sudan, where the obtained gold can be sold with the bypass of Western sanctions, ”says Katrina Doxy, expert By Wagner at the Washington Center for Strategic and International Research.