6 OCTOBER 2025

UNION Minister for Education Dr Chaw Chaw Sein received a Russian delegation led by Mr Evgeny Grigoryev, Member of the Government of Saint Petersburg and Chairman of the Committee for External Relations of the Government of Saint Petersburg of the Russian Federation, in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

At the meeting, they cordially exchanged views on strengthening cooperation between Myanmar and Russian universities, sending scholarship students to Russia, promoting the learning of the Russian language to develop the tourism sector and fostering human resource development through the enhancement of bilateral relations in the education sector and further educational cooperation between the two countries.

Also, present at the meeting were Deputy Minister U Nay Myo Hlaing, Directors-General, whereas the Russian delegation leader and party were accompanied by Mr Iskander Azizov, Ambassador of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Myanmar and delegation members. – MNA/