Myanmar, Russia discuss ways to enhance military-technical cooperation

Myanmar's Prime Minister and State Administrative Council Chairman Min Aung Hlaing attending a meeting with Russian officials in Moscow. - Reuters

MOSCOW (Eleven Media Group/Asia News Network): Chairman of the State Administration Council (SAC) and the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, met with officials from the Russian Ministry of Defence to discuss ways to enhance military-technical cooperation, announced the information team of the State Administration Council on Wednesday.

The statement said Min Aung Hlaing, who is currently visiting Russia, held a working meeting with officials of Ministry of Defence representing Minister for Defence Army General Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoigu, in the lobby of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation on the afternoon of July 11.

Joint Secretary of the SAC Lieutenant General Ye Win Oo, Commander-in-Chief (Air) General Tun Aung, senior military officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, U Lwin Oo, Myanmar Ambassador to Russia and Brigadier General Moe Kyaw of the Myanmar Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) attended the meeting, according to a press release from the SAC.

During the meeting, the two sides exchanged views on ways to enhance existing friendship and military-technical cooperation between the two armies, to continue to participate in defence capabilities competitions and exercises in Russia, on the political situation in Myanmar and the cooperation between two countries and two armies in various fields.

After the meeting, the SAC Chairman and the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Services and officials of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation exchanged badges and souvenirs, according to a press release from the SAC.

The Chairman and members of the SAC also visited the Russian Atomic Corporation Rosatom State Corporations and the Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos and met with officials. He met and held talks with a delegation led by the President of the Russia-Myanmar Friendship Association and delegation led by Ivan Polyakov, Chairman of the Russia-Asean Business Council at the Metropol Hotel in Moscow.