Myanmar has been in crisis since the army overthrect civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) in February.

He provided “at the invitation of the Russian defense minister,” he said, adding that he had been “received” through the Russian ambassador to Myanmar at the airport.

Myanmar’s embassy in Russia showed the arrival of min Aung Hlaing to Russian state news firm RIA Novosti.

Since then, the junta’s brutal crackdown on dissent has killed at least 870 civilians, according to a watchdog group.

Min Aung Hlaing’s stopover comes after the UNITED NATIONS General Assembly on Friday took the rare step of calling on member states to “prevent the entry of weapons” into Myanmar.

The solution, which called for a global arms embargo, also demands that the military “immediately end all violence against nonviolent protesters. “

Min Aung Hlaing attended crisis talks with leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations bloc of 10 countries in Jakarta in April, the first abroad since taking power.

But the general said in an upcoming television interview that Myanmar is not in a position to adopt the plan.

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