Dhaka, March 5 -- Myanmar and Russia signed an intergovernmental agreement on principles of cooperation in the construction of a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) on March 4, 2025, in Moscow during the state visit of Myanmar's leadership to Russia.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the State Administration Council and Prime Minister of Myanmar, by Alexey Likhachev,Director General of Rosatom State Corporation, and Dr. Myo Thein Kyaw, Union Minister of Science and Technology of Myanmar.

The agreement provides for the conditions and main directions of interaction between the parties regarding the implementation of the 110 MW SMR project with the possibili...