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Russia’s Lavrov to visit Myanmar
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MOSCOW, 03 August 2022, (TON): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Myanmar on Wednesday for meetings with the conflict-wracked country’s junta leaders.
As Moscow’s ties with the West unravel over the intervention in Ukraine, the Kremlin is seeking to pivot the country toward the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters “talks are planned with the foreign minister and with the Myanmar leadership.”
She added “defense and security cooperation would be on the agenda among other topics.”
Russia and its ally China have been accused of arming Myanmar’s junta with weapons used to attack civilians since last year’s coup.
More than 1,500 civilians have been killed in a military crackdown since the coup on February 1, 2021.
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