Close allies: Shoigu (left) and Hlaing walking past the honour guard prior to their talks in Moscow. — Reuters
THE junta chief thanked Russia, a major weapons supplier to the troubled South-East Asian country, for strengthening the Myanmar army which seized power in a coup earlier this year.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military overthrew civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) government in February.
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