President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday praised Russia's developing ties with Myanmar during a visit by the Asian country's junta chief to its key ally.
Russia is a crucial arms supplier to the isolated state, which is struggling to quell violent opposition to the junta's military rule.
"The relations between our countries are steadily developing," Putin told junta chief Min Aung Hlaing in a televised meeting at the Kremlin.
"We have great potential," he said, hailing growing trade ties.
Putin focused on a plan for Russia to help build a small nuclear plant in Myanmar, which he said would supply the country with "cheap and ecologically safe energy" that would boost its economy and create thousands of jobs.
The two sides on Tuesday signed a memorandum about cooperating on the construction of a plant with a capacity of 110 megawatts that could be increased to 330 megawatts, TASS. . .
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