Senior General receives Russian Defence Minister

January 23, 2021

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing accorded a guard-of-honour welcome to Army General Sergey K.Shoigu, Minister for Defence of Russian Federation, in front Zeyathiri Villa, Nay Pyi Taw, yesterday morning.
Those at the welcoming ceremony were Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win, Chief of General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) General Mya Tun Oo, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Admiral Tin Aung San, Commander-in-Chief (Air) General Maung Maung Kyaw, senior Tatmadaw officers of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, Deputy Minister for Defence Maj-Gen Myint Nwe, Russian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Nikolay Listopadov, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Colonel General Alexander V. Fomin, his senior officers and the Russian military attaché in Myanmar.
The meeting was also held at the parlour of Zeyathiri Villa, according to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.—MNA (Translated by Aung Khin)