The State Duma adopted a law on ratification of the agreement with Myanmar on cooperation in space

At a plenary session, the State Duma adopted a law on the ratification of an agreement between the governments of Russia and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on cooperation in the field of research and use of outer space for peaceful purposes.

The agreement was signed in Moscow on September 26, 2025. The document was submitted for ratification to the State Duma by the Russian government.

The agreement is aimed at creating an organizational and legal basis for mutually beneficial cooperation in specific areas of activity related to the exploration and use of outer space, as well as the use of the results of space activities for peaceful purposes.

Ratification, as noted in the explanatory note, will contribute to the expansion of cooperation in such areas as satellite navigation, space communications, satellite television and radio broadcasting, training and retraining of specialists, space science, remote sensing of the Earth, space materials science, space medicine and biology, provision of spacecraft launch services, as well as manned space flights.