Myanmar and Russia ink pact on nuclear energy cooperation

The military chief met with director-general of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev and discussed about making use of nuclear energy "peacefully". - The Straits Times/Asia News Network

NAYPYIDAW (Bloomberg): Myanmar’s military government and Rosatom State Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding on nuclear energy cooperation during junta chief Min Aung Hlaing’s private visit to Russia, according to the Ministry of Information.

The military chief met with Alexey Likhachev, director-general of Rosatom, in Moscow on Monday and discussed about room for cooperation in such areas as scientific research, pharmaceutical production, agriculture, livestock and industry, and food sector by making use of nuclear energy "peacefully”, the ministry said in a statement, without providing the details.