THE three Russian Navy Pacific Fleet warships, which arrived in Yangon on 10 November to conduct the third Myanmar– Russia joint naval security exercise and to make a goodwill visit to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, departed Yangon’s Thilawa Port on the morning of 13 November together with Myanmar Navy vessels for the exercise area at sea. Senior officers and other ranks of Tatmadaw (Navy), Russian Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Vice-Admiral Aleksei Anatolievich Kiiashko, the Russian military attaché to Myanmar, and officials saw them off.
Vice-Admiral Aleksei Anatolievich Kiiashko met with Chief of Staff (Navy) Vice-Admiral Aye Min Htwe at Ayeyawady Naval Region Command on 11 November evening. They discussed bilateral naval relations, reciprocal goodwill visits of naval vessels, the exchange of maritime security information, and training cooperation. After the discussion, they had a documentary photo taken.
The opening ceremony of the third Myanmar-Russia joint naval security exercise took place at the Thiri Maha Zeya Kyaw Htin Hall of the Naval Training Command Headquarters on 12 November. It was attended by the Chief of Staff (Navy), Tatmadaw officers and other ranks, the Russian Navy Vice-Admiral, Russian military attaché, and observers from China, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
During the visit, they visited famous sites in Yangon, joined in friendly sports competitions, studied naval vessels of two countries, hosted dinner events and conducted harbour phase exercises.
The Russian naval vessels conducted naval exercises together with the vessels of Tatmadaw (Navy) on 13 and 14 November, and they reviewed the exercises and organized the closing ceremony on the Tatmadaw naval vessel Mottama. — MNA/KTZH
