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By THE IRRAWADDY 23 June 2021
Coup maker Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his entourage stopped in Irkutsk, in Russia’s Siberia region, on his way to Moscow on Sunday, according to an informed source.
The Airbus 319-112 (flight number MMA001) operated by Myanmar Airways International that carried the delegation stopped there for a few hours before heading to the Russian capital, where Min Aung Hlaing is attending a security conference.
Why Irkutsk? Russia’s 25th-largest city, and the fifth-largest in the Siberian Federal District, is best known as the home of the plant that manufactures the Su-30 family of interceptor/ground-attack aircraft.
The Russian government has merged Irkut, which builds the planes, with Ilyushin, Mikoyan, Sukhoi, Tupolev and Yakovlev to form a new company, United Aircraft Building Corporation.
Myanmar placed an order for six Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets under a contract worth about US$204 million signed between the two nations in 2018.
It was not Min Aung Hlaing’s first stopover in the city. In April 2019 he traveled there to personally inspect production of the planes at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant.
At the time, Yangon-based analysts close to the military said Myanmar’s Air Force possessed reasonable firepower, sufficient to deter any kind of external invasion. They speculated that the likely aim of buying the expensive Su-30SM multirole fighter jets, which are capable of long-distance operations, was to achieve airspace superiority in the region, particularly in relation to Myanmar’s neighboring countries in Southeast Asia.
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MOSCOW, June 21 (Reuters) - Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, and Myanmar's junta leader committed to further strengthening security and other ties between the two countries at a Moscow meeting on Monday.
Myanmar's junta leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, flew to the Russian capital on Sunday to attend a security conference this week. read more Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier on Monday said President Vladimir Putin would not be meeting Min Aung Hlaing, Interfax reported.
Rights activists have accused Moscow of legitimising Myanmar’s military junta, which came to power in a Feb. 1 coup. by continuing bilateral visits and arms deals.
Russia says it has a long-standing relationship with Myanmar and said in March it was deeply concerned by the rising number of civilian deaths in Myanmar.
Defence ties between the two nations have grown in recent years with Moscow providing army training and university scholarships to thousands of soldiers, as well as selling arms to a military blacklisted by several Western countries for alleged atrocities against civilians.
Myanmar's state-run MRTV devoted the first 10 minutes of its nightly newscast to a report of Min Aung Hlaing's Russia trip, from him being met by officials at the airport to his meeting with the Security Council.
It showed a smiling Min Aung Hlaing in a business suit, posing for pictures, shaking hands and exchanging gifts with members of the council before attending a ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Moscow.
The MRTV report said Min Aung Hlaing and Patrushev discussed cooperation between the two countries on security measures, Myanmar’s current affairs and agreed to maintain a good relationship between their two militaries.
www.reuters.com
Coup maker Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his entourage stopped in Irkutsk, in Russia’s Siberia region, on his way to Moscow on Sunday, according to an informed source.
The Airbus 319-112 (flight number MMA001) operated by Myanmar Airways International that carried the delegation stopped there for a few hours before heading to the Russian capital, where Min Aung Hlaing is attending a security conference.
Why Irkutsk? Russia’s 25th-largest city, and the fifth-largest in the Siberian Federal District, is best known as the home of the plant that manufactures the Su-30 family of interceptor/ground-attack aircraft.
The Russian government has merged Irkut, which builds the planes, with Ilyushin, Mikoyan, Sukhoi, Tupolev and Yakovlev to form a new company, United Aircraft Building Corporation.
Myanmar placed an order for six Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets under a contract worth about US$204 million signed between the two nations in 2018.
It was not Min Aung Hlaing’s first stopover in the city. In April 2019 he traveled there to personally inspect production of the planes at the Irkutsk Aviation Plant.
At the time, Yangon-based analysts close to the military said Myanmar’s Air Force possessed reasonable firepower, sufficient to deter any kind of external invasion. They speculated that the likely aim of buying the expensive Su-30SM multirole fighter jets, which are capable of long-distance operations, was to achieve airspace superiority in the region, particularly in relation to Myanmar’s neighboring countries in Southeast Asia.
Myanmar Coup Maker Visits Russian Military Aviation Hub
Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing stopped in Irkutsk, the Siberian city that produces Russia’s Su-30 jet fighters, en route to a conference in Moscow.
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Russia and Myanmar junta leader commit to boosting ties at Moscow meeting
MOSCOW, June 21 (Reuters) - Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, and Myanmar's junta leader committed to further strengthening security and other ties between the two countries at a Moscow meeting on Monday.
Myanmar's junta leader, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, flew to the Russian capital on Sunday to attend a security conference this week. read more Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov earlier on Monday said President Vladimir Putin would not be meeting Min Aung Hlaing, Interfax reported.
Rights activists have accused Moscow of legitimising Myanmar’s military junta, which came to power in a Feb. 1 coup. by continuing bilateral visits and arms deals.
Russia says it has a long-standing relationship with Myanmar and said in March it was deeply concerned by the rising number of civilian deaths in Myanmar.
Defence ties between the two nations have grown in recent years with Moscow providing army training and university scholarships to thousands of soldiers, as well as selling arms to a military blacklisted by several Western countries for alleged atrocities against civilians.
Myanmar's state-run MRTV devoted the first 10 minutes of its nightly newscast to a report of Min Aung Hlaing's Russia trip, from him being met by officials at the airport to his meeting with the Security Council.
It showed a smiling Min Aung Hlaing in a business suit, posing for pictures, shaking hands and exchanging gifts with members of the council before attending a ceremony at a Buddhist temple in Moscow.
The MRTV report said Min Aung Hlaing and Patrushev discussed cooperation between the two countries on security measures, Myanmar’s current affairs and agreed to maintain a good relationship between their two militaries.
Russia and Myanmar junta leader commit to boosting ties at Moscow meeting
Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia's Security Council, and Myanmar's junta leader committed to further strengthening security and other ties between the two countries at a Moscow meeting on Monday.
