Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, currently in Minsk of the Republic of Belarus on his official State visit, left Minsk International Airport yesterday morning and was seen off at the airport by Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Maxim Ryzhenkov, Myanmar Consul-General U Moe Kyaw Thu and officials.
On his departure from the international airport, the Senior General saluted the Guard of Honour.
Arriving at Kurumoch International Airport in the Samara City of the Russian Federation, the Myanmar goodwill delegation led by the Senior General was welcomed by Samara City Government Head Mr AV Fedorishchev, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Myanmar and officials.
At the JSC Progress Factory of the State Space Corporation “Roscosmos”, the Senior General and his entourage were welcomed by Director-General Mr Dmitry Bakanov of the State Space Corporation “Roscosmos” and officials.
At the meeting hall, the Senior General met Director-General Mr Dmitry Bakanov of the State Space Corporation “Roscosmos” and exchanged views on cooperation in the peaceful utilization of space technology, issues to send more scholarship students from Myanmar to Russia to study satellite launching and attending space technology for the interests of the State and the people, cooperation between Myanmar and Samara City, and enhancement of friendly relations and other cooperation measures.
The Director-General and officials reported on the use of satellites by the State Space Corporation to monitor the potential of natural disasters, conduct research for the development of agricultural tasks, the progress of natural environmental conservation, take satellite photos and satellite communications, launch satellites, rocket assembling, the construct of the space station, and assistance of Russian in upgrading the planetarium in Myanmar.
The Senior General and his entourage viewed the assembling of satellites and rocket production at the JSC Progress Factory and had discussions over the clarification of officials.
The Director-General of the State Space Corporation “Roscosmos” hosted a luncheon for the Senior General and his entourage. After the luncheon, the Senior General and the Director-General exchanged commemorative gifts.
Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe and the party who accompanied the Senior General met the deputy head of the Samara Regional Government, regional education minister, chairs of industrial economic zones and officials, and officials from Space Rocket Progress separately and talked about cooperation in the industrial sector, fertilizer production, energy sector, pharmaceutical production and education sector between Myanmar and Samara Region and Tolyatti Region of the Russian Federation, and cooperation between the two countries.
After the talks, SAC Information Team Leader Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun replied to queries on the goodwill visits raised by media from Samara City. The goodwill delegation led by the Senior General left Kurumoch International Airport of Samara City and arrived at Tolmachevo Airport of Novosibirsk City at night and was welcomed by the Head of Novosibirsk Government, the Myanmar Consul-General and officials.
