State Administration Council Vice Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win arrives in Russian Federation,donates alms and day meals to members of the Sangha at Myanmar Theravada Buddha Vihara (Moscow)
Nay Pyi Taw September 2
On behalf of Chairman of the State Administration Council Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the delegation led by State Administration Council Vice Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win left Nay Pyi Taw Tatmadaw Airport on 1 September morning to attend the closing cere-mony of the International Army Games-2021 being held in the Russian Federation at the invitation of the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Army General Kuzhugetovich Shoigu and arrived at Shere metyevo Airport in Moscow of the Russian Federation at night.
The Vice-Senior General and party were welcomed at the airport by Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Colonel General Alexander Vasilyevich Fomin, Minister Counsellor U Zaw Lin Oo of the Myanmar Embassy to Russia, Myanmar Military Attaché (Army, Navy and Air) Commodore Kyaw Soe Moe and officials and the delegation proceeded to the hotel.
This morning, the Vice-Senior General and delegation members went to Myanmar Thera-vada Buddha Vihara (Moscow) in Moscow where they paid homage to Chancellor of Sitagu Theravada Buddhist Academies Abhidhaja Maha Ratthan Guru Abhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhamma Jotika Maha Dhammakathika Bahujanahitadhara UpUkkatha of Shwegyin Nikaya Joint Shwegyin Sang haraja Sitagu Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta Nyanissara residing at the monastery and abbot of the monastery Dr Bhaddanta Acchariya and offered alms and day meals.
First, the Vice-Senior General supplicated the propagation of Buddhism and donated alms and cash for nine prerequisites. They then shared merits gained.The Vice-Senior General and party offered day meals to members of the Sangha led by Sitagu Sayadaw.
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