THE third meeting of the Myanmar-Rus­sia Joint Anti-Terrorism Committee was held yesterday at the Jasmine Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw.

Present at the meeting were Lt-Gen Than Htike from the Office of the Com­mander-in-Chief (Army) and Tatmad­aw senior officers, who are committee members, Colonel General Aleksandr Anatolyevich Matovnikov, Deputy Com­mander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation and committee members.

Lt-Gen Than Htike, who is co-chair of the committee, welcomed the Russian Tatmadaw delegation warmly, and made an opening speech highlighting the fast flow of information in combating terror­ism between the two armed forces by organizing the committee meeting in each country, close cooperation in tech­nology, human resource development, collaboration in exercises and mutual support in military operations against changing terrorist activities.

Colonel General Aleksandr Anatoly­evich Matovnikov, who is co-chair of the committee, made a remark stating the measures to promote regional peace be­tween Russia and Myanmar and further cooperation between the two Tatmadaws in combating terrorism.

The parties also discussed the rap­id response to terrorist attacks under different topics, and the two chairs ex­changed views on the topics. — MNA/ KTZH