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Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing accepted honorary doctorate conferred by Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences on 3 April, Information Team of the SAC released.
With regard to clarification to confer the honorary doctoral degree, the president of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences said professors and he are interestingly studying matter related to Myanmar at the most long-lasting and largest Institute of Oriental Studies established in the reign of His Majesty Russian Tsar Alexander I of Russia in 1818.
Myanmar is having improvement of sectoral cooperation and relations with Russian Federation including science and technological sector. The Institute has decided to cooperate with Myanmar. The Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences unanimously decided to confer the honorary doctoral degree on the Senior General for his excellent performances in sectoral cooperation and development measures including humanitarian and sought the approval to confer the degree on the Senior General, the president said.
The Senior General said he noted that the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which is established with the aim of doing research on histories, languages, literatures, economic, social, racial and cultural affairs of the countries of Asia and North Africa. For its high performance to produce skilled trainees, the institute is said to be awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1980.
Many Myanmar citizens have also studied at various universities in Russia and obtained high degrees. A lot more are also studying in Russia now. Continued efforts will be made for greater cooperation in the military technology between the armed forces, education, science and culture as well as in other multilateral sectors, the Senior General added.
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