State media in Myanmar says the military-run Southeast Asian nation is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia. The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper says the two nations are carrying out maneuvers in the Andaman Sea.
In this photo released from the The Military True News Information Team on Nov. 6, 2023, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, center, leader of ruling military council, attends together with Russian Navy Commander-in-chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, center right, during opening ceremony of first Myanmar Russia Maritime Security Exercise at Thilawa port in Yangon, Myanmar. In this photo released from the The Military True News Information Team on Nov. 6, 2023, Senior Gen.
Russia is a major supporter and arms supplier of Myanmar’s military government, which was installed after the army seized power and ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Russia defends Myanmar’s military government in international forums, and the ruling generals return the favor by generally supporting Moscow’s foreign policy agenda.
Tom Andrews, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in Myanmar, in a report in May to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council identified $406 million in weapons and material that went to the Myanmar military from Russia, $267 million from China, $254 million from Singapore, $51 million from India and $28 million from Thailand.
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