Myanmar Institute of Stra­tegic and International Stud­ies (MISIS) hosted an Expert Workshop on the theme of “Opportunities and Challeng­es for Russia’s Turn East Pol­icy in Southeast Asia”, jointly organized by the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia (ICCA) of the Russian Acade­my of Sciences (RAS), at the meeting room of the Myanmar Institute of Strategic and Inter­national Studies in Yangon, on 8 and 9 November 2023.

 

MISIS’s Senior Advisory Board members and Execu­tive Board members, the sen­ior researchers and research assistants, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, academicians from the Yan­gon University of Foreign Languages and the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia, and students of the Yan­gon University, Yangon Uni­versity of Foreign Languages and East Yangon University discussed issues including the governance of the Armed Forces in Indochina, West­ern Economic Sanctions and ways for Economic Synergy between Southeast Asia and Russia, defence cooperation and academic perspectives on Myanmar and Russia re­lations. — MNA