Supplies of Russian military equipment to Myanmar are only intended to improve the Southeast Asian country’s defense capability, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday, January 26. The United States called on Russia and Myanmar on Thursday to reconsider a reported agreement for the supply of six Russian fighter planes and potential further purchases of military hardware, but Moscow will not  pay attention to Washington’s accusations over plans for selling Sukhoi-30 planes to Myanmar. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu visited Myanmar last week. The two sides discussed ways to strengthen military technological cooperation between the armed forces of the two countries. Russia also offers to help Myanmar in its efforts to make the world understand the situation in northern Rakhine state.