Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who is on a state visit to the Russian Federation, conferred a Sithu Title to Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov. The title was conferred on the Russian Foreign Minister by Deputy Prime Minister Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Than Swe, who accompanied him on the visit, on behalf of Senior General Min Aung Hlaing at 10:30 a.m. local time on March 5 at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Afterwards, they discussed matters related to further enhancing of bilateral relations and cooperation, and the situation in which Myanmar serves as the coordinating country for the ASEAN-Russia dialogue relationship.