Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who is in Moscow at the invitation of Minister of Defence of Russian Federation Army General Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shouigu and Russia-Myanmar Military Technological Cooperation Committee, attended the opening ceremony of the 8th Moscow Conference on International Security held in Moscow on April 24, announced the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services.
Minister of Defence Army General Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shouigu and officials of Russian Federation government, representatives of UN agencies, military chiefs of 35 countries, defence ministers and delegates of over 100 countries attended the conference.
The Senior General said ASEAN countries including Myanmar are geopolitically imperative in Indo-Pacific region and it serves as a vital region. In this state, Myanmar is situated at a spot capable of bridging the countries in Southeast Asia region and it is also a strategically important country. Among the military exercises launched in the region, multi-national military exercises are the same as the ones ASEAN countries located between Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean conducted. Therefore, efforts to carry out stability and peace in Indo-Pacific region can be seen as collaborative measures. Although pirate attacks occurring in Indo-Pacific region can be successfully cracked down through collaborative efforts of multi-nations to some degree, it still remains as a threat to maritime. Human trafficking and illegal narcotic trade in Indo-Pacific region can be seen as transnational crimes. Huge links between transnational crimes, pirates and violence pose complex and unnatural threats in Indo-Pacific region. Stability, peace and better military cooperation in Indo-Pacific region is based on territory and sovereignty of each country and equality of all the countries.
Measures based on principle that does not consider size of the country and populations are needed for individual countries and all global ones. These rules and standards must be drawn under common agreement. In using international waters, it is also necessary to draw those rules and standards with the aim of creating a transparent, equal and stable trade environment based on non-manipulation by a single country so as to ensure equality for each nation in accord with the international rules. It is required to reduce strategic rivalries by building trust and understanding among the countries and they are important facts relating to challenges posed by Indo-Pacific Strategy and prospects.
The Senior General met Defence Minister of the Russia Federation Army General Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shouigu and cordially exchanged views on the holding of the 8th Moscow Conference on International Security, strengthening of the friendship between the two counties and the two armed forces and bilateral cooperation.
The military chief visited MIG – 29 Service Support Center in Moscow in the afternoon.
