Russian navy ships arrive in Myanmar for joint drills


A Myanmar military official greeting a member of the Russian Navy ahead of joint maritime exercises at Thilawa Port in Yangon. - AFP

YANGON: A group of Russian navy ships arrived in war-torn Myanmar to join maritime exercises with the military junta's navy, Myanmar state media said on Monday (Oct 21).

Four corvettes and a logistics vessel from Russia's Pacific Fleet arrived at Thilawa port in Yangon on Sunday "to join the second Myanmar-Russia joint maritime security exercise", the Global New Light of Myanmar said.

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