MOSCOW, December 5. /TASS/. The Security Councils of Russia and Myanmar have signed a memorandum of cooperation, the press service of Russia’s Security Council has said.

Russian Security Council’s Secretary Nikolay Patrushev is in Myanmar on a visit.

"At the end of Russian-Myanmarese security consultations, a memorandum of cooperation between the security councils was signed. It confirmed the readiness for diversified cooperation between the security agencies of Russia and Myanmar, as well as for regular consultations and exchanges of views on issues of national, regional and international security," the statement reads.

Officials from Russia’s Defense Ministry, Federal Security Service (FSB), and Security Council staff took part in the meeting.

On the same day, representatives from the ministries of economic development, industry and trade, energy and agriculture held separate meetings with their Myanmarese counterparts.

The talks were held in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw.