Myanmarlı asker ve siyasetçi
Press statements by President of Russia and President of Myanmar
President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing made statements for the press following their talks in the Kremlin. A ceremony to exchange Russia-Myanmar documents signed during the official visit of the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the Russian Federation took place in the presence of both leaders. The Declaration of the Russian Federation and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on Ways and Means to Counter, Mitigate and Redress the Adverse Impacts of Unilateral Coercive Measures was signed. The signed documents include, in particular, interagency memoranda of understanding and cooperation in the electric power industry and the oil-and-gas sector, the electronics industry, digital technologies, information and communication technologies, culture and the arts, satellite navigation and manned space exploration, as well as in the field of the Cospas-Sarsat search and rescue system and the automated warning system for hazardous situations in near-Earth space (ASPOS). Furthermore, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of the Russian Federation and the Competition Commission of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, along with protocols on the implementation of the Memorandum of Cooperation between RC-Investments Fund of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Electricity and Energy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar of April 16, 2026 (regarding long-term supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG)). * * * President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Min Aung Hlaing, ladies and gentlemen, friends, We are very pleased to extend a warm welcome to our dear friend, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing, on his official visit. Russia and Myanmar are bound by truly strong, time‑tested ties of friendship, partnership, and mutual support. Our shared history encompasses a wealth of experience in multifaceted cooperation, founded upon the principles of equality, mutual benefit, respect for and consideration of each other’s interests. In the 1950s and 1960s, our country did a great deal to support the nation-building of Myanmar. Russia also contributed to its economic and social development, and to the strengthening of its defence capabilities. Large-scale infrastructure projects, medical and educational facilities constructed with the involvement of Soviet specialists continue to operate successfully to this day, bringing tangible benefits to the people of Myanmar. Most importantly, Russia-Myanmar relations continue to strengthen steadily and are being enriched with new, specific substance. The intergovernmental commission is functioning effectively; regular dialogue takes place through the foreign ministries and security councils; interparliamentary and interparty contacts are deepening; and a number of major joint projects are currently being worked out and implemented. All these matters have been discussed in detail today. We have also exchanged views on current regional and international issues. As you have seen, a substantial package of intergovernmental and commercial agreements has been adopted. We prioritise economic ties. Reliable financial settlement mechanisms have been established, with two-thirds of commercial transactions now conducted in Russian rubles. Energy is an important area of cooperation between our two countries. Joint construction of a power plant and an oil refinery in southern Myanmar is under consideration. Russian companies are also ready to participate in hydrocarbon exploration and production, including offshore. There are good prospects for exporting liquefied natural gas to Myanmar, both for domestic consumption and for transit to neighbouring countries. Last year, an intergovernmental agreement was signed on the construction of a Russian-designed nuclear power plant in Myanmar. This is truly a flagship bilateral project. I would also like to highlight a number of promising joint projects in industry, transport, and logistics. An ironworks and an organic fertiliser production facility are currently under construction in Myanmar. Plans are also being discussed to build a deep-water seaport on the country’s southern coast capable of handling large-capacity vessels. Partnerships in high-tech sectors are also developing. Russian companies are ready to introduce their unique cutting-edge digitalisation, cybersecurity, and data storage technologies in Myanmar. Cooperation is also being developed under the Intergovernmental Agreement on Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes and Manned Spaceflight, signed in 2025. The two countries have traditionally maintained strong humanitarian ties. Scientific, academic, youth, tourism, and sports exchanges are expanding, facilitated in no small measure by the visa-free regime between our countries. To be continued.
Putin ve Myanmar lideri Min Aung Hlaing Kremlin'de görüştüRussia-Myanmar talks
President of Russia Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing, who arrived in Russia on an official visit. Beginning of Russia-Myanmar talks President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends, good afternoon. We are delighted to see you in Moscow again. Before we begin our discussion, I would like to convey my sincere condolences regarding the tens of thousands of local residents affected by intense monsoon floods in your country. Relations between Russia and Myanmar were established as early as 1948. Since then, they have been steadily advancing, becoming especially trusting in recent years We are grateful for your assistance in promoting Russia’s relations with ASEAN. We are actively cooperating on the international stage. Certainly, we also need to focus on the economic front. There is good groundwork in place and a number of promising projects. Our cooperation in the security sphere is also developing. You have a long and busy programme prepared for your visit to Russia, and I am sure you will have an opportunity to discuss all these issues. Mr President, we are very pleased to see you. Welcome! President of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing (retranslated): Thank you, Mr President, First of all, I would like to express my gratitude for the warm welcome extended to our delegation. I have visited Russia many times, but this is my first official visit as President of Myanmar. We have been actively developing relations between our two countries, not only on the international stage but also in other areas. As you mentioned, our country has experienced severe flooding. The floods have not yet subsided, and I would also like to thank you for your condolences. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Russia for its support. Last year, devastating earthquakes struck our country, resulting in numerous casualties. Russia promptly dispatched rescue teams, and many of our people were rescued. I still remember this. Therefore, I would like to once again express my gratitude to Russia for its support. Today, relations between our two countries are developing rapidly. During this meeting, we will be able to discuss all possible agreements aimed at expanding our bilateral relations. Thanks to Russia’s support and your personal support, we have achieved many positive results in our relations on the international stage. I would like to note, however, that much work remains to be done to achieve our goals and ensure the long-term development of our countries. Russia has always supported our country and continues to do so, and I would like to express my gratitude for that. Looking back at the history of our relations, our two countries have always enjoyed good relations, and I am confident that they will remain strong in the future. Mr President, I would also like to emphasise that Myanmar is a reliable partner of Russia in Southeast Asia. Myanmar always stands ready. Vladimir Putin: Thank you.
Putin, Myanmar Cumhurbaşkanı Min Aung Hlaing'i Kremlin'de kabul ettiMyanmar’s Military Leader Heads to Russia for Official Visit
Russia will be the fifth country former junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has visited since becoming president in April.
On August 18, Vladimir Putin will hold talks with President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing
On August 18, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin will hold talks at the Kremlin with President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing, who will be on an official visit to Russia. The two leaders will discuss avenues for deepening Russia-Myanmar cooperation in various areas, as well as topical issues on the international and regional agendas. There are plans to sign several bilateral documents.
Myanmar leader visits Thailand in bid to bolster international legitimacy
Min Aung Hlaing stressed that his government was focused on ending the civil war and restoring peace.
Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets Red Cross official
Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, after years of questions over the health and well-being of the 81-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner. Suu Kyi has been in detention since February 2021, when an elected civilian government led by her was ousted by Myanmar’s military in a dawn coup, plunging the impoverished Southeast Asian nation into turmoil. Since then, Suu Kyi’s exact whereabouts and health condition have been difficult to determine, with no foreign leader or envoy having publicly met with her despite requests for contact from countries in the region that have excluded Myanmar’s leadership from their summits. Suu Kyi met with Arnaud de Baecque, Resident Representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross to Myanmar, in the capital Naypyitaw on Monday, government spokesperson Khine Khine Soe said in a message via Telegram. The ICRC confirmed that a delegate had met with Suu Kyi, without naming the official, while her son described the visit as the first positive development concerning his mother in more than five years. In one of four photographs provided by the Myanmar government spokesperson, Suu Kyi is seen dressed in traditional Burmese attire and standing unaided, shaking hands with de Baecque. In another, they are seated in a sparsely furnished, wood-panelled room containing only two chairs and a desk. This handout photo taken and released on August 3, 2026 by Myanmar’s Presidential Press and Information Bureau (PPIB) shows detained former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) meeting with Arnaude de Baecque, resident representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to Myanmar, in Naypyidaw. — via AFP Son urges continued pressure for Suu Kyi’s release The ICRC said the visit had met with its standards and procedures for visiting people deprived of liberty. “This included the opportunity to speak with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in private,” it said in a statement, using a Burmese honorific. Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, told Reuters that the ICRC was not able to have a physician examine his mother but he said she seemed to be in good health and in good spirits. “It’s the first independent proof that I’ve had that she’s actually alive for a long time now,” he said in London. “So it’s extremely meaningful.” Aris said that while he remained cautious, he hoped to be able to speak to his mother in time, and urged other governments to keep up the pressure on Myanmar to release her and other political prisoners. Aris told Reuters in December that he had received only sporadic, second-hand details about his mother’s heart, bone and gum problems — and had not heard from her in years. The United Nations, whose special envoy on Myanmar, Julie Bishop, has called repeatedly for independent, verifiable reports on Suu Kyi’s circumstances, said it had taken note of the ICRC announcement and stressed the need for inclusive dialogue. “We welcome this development and reiterate our call for the swift and unconditional release of all those arbitrarily detained, as a fundamental step towards conditions conducive to a credible and transparent political process,” UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told a daily briefing in New York. Detained since coup After a marathon run of secret trials following the 2021 coup, Suu Kyi, who was held under house arrest for a total of 15 years under a previous junta, was sentenced to 33 years’ detention, convicted of charges ranging from corruption and inciting election fraud to violating state secrecy rules. Her allies maintain that the charges were politically motivated and aimed at sidelining the most popular politician in the country of 51 million people. The sentence was later reduced, leaving her with 18 years still to serve, according to a member of her legal team. Myanmar’s military-backed administrations have repeatedly claimed that Suu Kyi, who is the daughter of Myanmar’s independence hero General Aung San, is in “good health”, even as international pressure has grown to allow independent verification. After a meeting between Myanmar’s foreign minister and counterparts from the regional Asean bloc last month, Thailand’s top diplomat Sihasak Phuangketkeow called for access to Suu Kyi. Asean has barred Myanmar’s leadership from its top meetings for failure to implement a peace roadmap. Birthday cake In late April, following a military-engineered election that allowed former junta leader Min Aung Hlaing to become Myanmar’s president, Suu Kyi was moved to house arrest. In another of the photos provided by the Myanmar government offering a rare glimpse inside what appears to be her residence, Suu Kyi is seen cutting a birthday cake, with a clothes rack and storage boxes visible in the background. This undated handout photo released on August 3, 2026 by Myanmar’s Presidential Press and Information Bureau (PPIB) shows detained former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi cutting a cake in Naypyidaw. — via AFP A fourth photograph is a close-up of the cake, inscribed with “Happy Birthday Aunty Suu 19.6.2026”. Reuters was not able to independently verify the location and the date when the pictures were taken. No earlier version of the pictures was found posted online before Monday.
Gözaltındaki Eski Lider Aung San Suu Kyi Kızılhaç Yetkilisiyle GörüştüHated in Myanmar, feted abroad? President inches towards normality with Thailand trip
Sanctioned and wanted for war crimes in the West and reviled at home by the millions fighting his army, Myanmar’s leader Min Aung Hlaing is this week set for a red-carpet welcome in Thailand, as the diplomatic deep freeze begins to thaw. The former general toppled Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in a 2021 coup, sparking a civil war that has killed an estimated 100,000 people – mostly civilians – and cratered its economy, which had only just opened up after five decades of military...
To end Myanmar's brutal civil war, the US will need China's help
The Burmese people continue to suffer as the brutal civil war in Myanmar heads toward its sixth year. The conflict was recently brought home to America with China’s arrest of Min Zin, an American citizen who heads the Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP)–Myanmar, located in Thailand. Beijing accused him of spying. China has increasingly close relations with the government in Naypyidaw, highlighted by the June visit to Beijing of Min Aung Hlaing, the commanding general who recently anointed himself Myanmar’s president. China helps Hlaing’s regime survive despite widespread popular opposition. For decades the borderlands of Myanmar have been aflame, as ethnic minorities fought for the autonomy promised them when the country gained independence after World War II. The Tatmadaw, or military, seized power in 1962 and has ruled the country in varying iterations ever since. In 2021, Hlaing, disappointed by the hybrid civilian-led government’s refusal to make him president, staged a coup, ending Burma’s brief experiment in limited democratic governance. In response to widespread protests, the regime “instituted curfews and other limitations on gatherings to curb the demonstrations. Doubling down, the military launched violent campaigns across the country, targeting resistance villages, and silencing and torturing dissenters, displacing thousands in the process,” according to the Council on Foreign Relations. The junta detained tens of thousands of its citizens as the nation quickly returned to civil war, this time across almost the entire country. Most of Burma now lies beyond the Tatmadaw’s control; the regime is secure only in major cities. The result is a humanitarian horror. Reports the New York Times: “Far from the spotlight fixed on Iran, Ukraine, Lebanon and other global conflicts, Myanmar, a Southeast Asian nation of about 50 million people, has quietly collapsed.” Tens of thousands have died. Hundreds of thousands have fled the country. Millions have been uprooted. Reports the European Commission: “Mass displacement continues at an alarming rate, with some 3.6 million people displaced as of December 2025, about 90% of whom have been displaced since February 2021.” The conflict is religious as well. Nearly a decade ago, the military, backed by the civilian authorities, launched a brutal campaign against the largely Muslim Rohingya. As the United Nations’ refugee agency explained, “armed attacks, massive scale violence, and serious human rights violations forced thousands of Rohingya to flee their homes in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Many walked for days through jungles and undertook dangerous sea journeys across the Bay of Bengal to reach safety in Bangladesh,” where roughly a million remain. Many of the ethnic insurgents — especially the Kachin, Chin, and Karen, as well as smaller shares of the Lahu, Lisu, and Naga — are Christian. Against them the Tatmadaw has promoted Buddhism. Reported the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs: “Stated-owned newspapers and television channels report daily about Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his inner circle making donations to monks, or building monasteries and images of the Buddha.” The regime has demonized religious minorities. According to Georgetown University’s Berkley Center: “the military planted and perpetuated the ideology that to be nationalist is to be Buddhist. … The military successfully used the polarizing ‘us vs. them’ rhetoric in portraying non-Buddhists as threats to the state and in capitalizing Buddhists as protectors of the Burmese race and effective guardians of Buddhism.” I made my first trip to Karen-held territory more than a quarter century ago and have returned several times since. The region bordering Thailand was long ravaged by conflict, with many Burmese pushed across the border into refugee camps. A tenuous peace was established through a 2012 ceasefire, only to end after the latest coup. Washington has sanctioned the Tatmadaw and its junta, but Southeast Asia worries little about the nature of ruling regimes. Most important, neither India nor China, competing for influence in Myanmar, is squeamish about working with murderous regimes. Both hosted Hlaing in June, with enhanced economic and security cooperation on the agenda. Analyst Jason Towers noted that Chinese leader “Xi Jinping's frequent meetings and interactions with Min Aung Hlaing since the [2024] Myanmar earthquake send a strong signal that China is supporting his regime at the highest level.” Beijing has pressed insurgents in border territories to end attacks on the regime and the Tatmadaw to safeguard Burma’s natural gas and oil pipelines. China is the regime’s principal weapons supplier and has blocked proposals for a United Nations arms embargo. Beijing has played a particularly important role in empowering Burma’s air force, which, according to the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar, “has increasingly deployed airstrikes on populated areas, targeting crowded markets, schools, places of worship, camps for internally displaced persons, and hospitals.” Beijing’s support may have prevented the Tatmadaw’s defeat, but the regime is still unlikely to prevail. It is estimated to control only about one-fifth of the country, half the share held by opposition forces, with the rest of the land contested. According to a Council on Foreign Relations analysis: “The People’s Defense Force (PDF) and its allies continue gaining key territory, pushing the military on the defensive in the Bamar heartland and advancing towards Mandalay. The military junta especially struggles to fight ethnic armed organizations across the country, which have made most of the territorial gains so far.” Washington’s ability to influence the junta is limited. Economy-wide sanctions targeting the energy industry would injure Burma’s people more than the junta and probably would not crash the regime, given Chinese backing. Washington should do what it can to weaken the Tatmadaw, but that requires cooperating with European governments and especially Burma’s neighbors. That won’t be easy, since China will remain the most influential foreign actor. The administration should engage Beijing on the issue, seeking to reduce its aid to Naypyidaw. Washington could offer a modus vivendi of sorts, indicating that its primary concern is humanitarian. Thus, Washington could promise to forgo any efforts to court a Burmese government resulting from changed Chinese policy. An international reform effort led by Xi could better serve Chinese as well as international interests. The Tatmadaw’s ostentatious brutality and corruption ensure continuing conflict, while Beijing’s ability to positively influence events is limited. Cornell University’s Aung Thura Ko Ko observed: “Myanmar is not a chessboard Beijing can fully control. … The greatest long-term risk for China may be anti-China sentiment, which has long existed in Myanmar.” In contrast, a push for regime change or at least reform, returning basic control to the Burmese people, could better protect Chinese interests. Defusing the conflict would reduce concerns over the security of energy supplies. Ending perceived Chinese support for the junta would relieve popular hostility toward Beijing. Indeed, the civilian regime overthrown by Hlaing had established good relations with its dominant neighbor, and China has maintained contact with opposition forces. The conflict in Myanmar rarely makes the top of the news in any Western nation. However, it remains one of the world’s worst humanitarian horrors, which President Donald Trump should address. Obviously, Myanmar, under military rule for more than six decades, is a tough case. However, China, despite its official hospitality for Hlaing, should recognize that most of its contacts with Myanmar are about problems, many of them violent. Even for China, a more democratic peace might be a better option than continued unpredictable civil war.
Myanmar'daki İç Savaşın Sonu İçin ABD'nin Çin'e İhtiyacı Var