OREANDA-NEWS The former commander of the Joint Group of Troops in the zone of Special Military Operation (SVO) Sergey Surovikin arrived in Algeria as part of an intergovernmental meeting. This is reported by Izvestia with reference to its own source.

"Officially, this is not a military visit, but an intergovernmental meeting, during which weapons systems are proposed," the source said.

He clarified that Surovikin is in Algeria without a position as an honorary guest. At the meeting, the source added, there are high-ranking officers who themselves used these weapons in the area of their own.

Earlier, blogger Sergey Kolyasnikov published a photo with the military commander and announced the departure of General Surovikin abroad. In the frame, Surovikin is sitting in the hall where the official event is taking place.

The presence of the ex-commander in the zone of his own in Africa became known on September 14. The next day, it was reported that Sergei Surovikin arrived in Algeria as part of a delegation of the Ministry of Defense.