Russia and Myanmar signed an Agreement on the safety of aircraft operations

22.01.2021 (11:30)

The Russian Federation and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar have signed an Agreement on the safety of aircraft flights. On behalf of the Russian side, the document was signed by the Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Alexander Fomin.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing during the official visit of the head of the Russian military department to the republic.

The agreement was a continuation of cooperation between the defence departments of Russia and Myanmar.

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Since 2001, Russia and Myanmar have established the entire legal framework for effective and mutually beneficial bilateral military-technical cooperation, which is developing dynamically. Russia has supplied Myanmar with 30 MiG-29 aircraft, 12 Yak-130 combat training aircraft, six Su-30SME, 10 Mi-24 and Mi-35P helicopters, 8 Pechora-2M anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as radar stations, armored vehicles and artillery systems. Maintenance and modernization of equipment is carried out in the joint service technical center established on the territory of Myanmar for the maintenance of all types of equipment, both aviation and armored vehicles.

Military cooperation between the two countries has also been developing intensively over the past five years. Units of the Myanmar armed forces regularly take part in International Army Games and combat training events, including last year they took part in the strategic command and staff exercise 'Kavkaz-2020'.

In addition, in 2018, an intergovernmental agreement was signed on a simplified procedure for calling warships at the ports of Russia and Myanmar.

The command of the Armed Forces of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar is also interested in other modern Russian weapons systems.

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