Russia’s Lavrov to visit Myanmar

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will travel to Myanmar on Wednesday for meetings with the conflict-wracked country’s junta leaders, his ministry said.
As Moscow’s ties with the West unravel over the intervention in Ukraine, the Kremlin is seeking to pivot the country toward the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
“Talks are planned with the foreign minister and with the Myanmar leadership,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Tuesday.
She added that defense and security cooperation would be on the agenda among other topics.