MT News
After holding discussions on the beneficial use of nuclear energy in various sectors including electricity generation, Myanmar and Rosatom State Corporations, a Russian state-owned atomic energy, signed a memorandum of understanding future cooperation on 6 September.
The MOU was signed during the visit of Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who was invited to attend the 7th Eastern Economic Forum-2022, which began on 5 September at Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in Vladivostok, Russian Federation.
On the afternoon of 6 September, the Senior General and party received Chief Executive Officer Mr Alexey Evgenievich Likhachev of Rosatom State Corporations owned by Russia on FEFU Campus and discussed chances for observing experiences and technologies in the nuclear energy technological cooperation arena, cooperation in the sectors beneficial for peoples of both countries, plan to adopt the roadmap for cooperation in peaceful use of nuclear energy for socio-economic development of citizens, and utilization of nuclear energy in conducting tests of science and research, manufacturing of pharmaceuticals, industrial and all sectors including generating electricity.
After the meeting, the MoU signing ceremony between the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Electric Power of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and Russian State-owned Rosatom State Corporations followed. CEO of Rosatom State Corporations Mr Alexey Evgenievich Likhachev and Union Minister for Science and Technology Dr Myo Thein Kyaw and Union Minister for Electric Power U Thaung Han signed the MoU in the presence of the Senior General.
Moreover, Deputy Minister for Information Maj-Gen Zaw Min Tun signed an agreement between Sputnik news agency, the State-owned media and Myawady TV and discussed plans to promote cooperation in development of media sector.
