BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

04/10/2006

Russia ready to cooperate with Belarus in NPP construction

MOSCOW, October 4 (Itar-Tass) - Russia is ready to cooperate with Belarus in a project to build a nuclear power plant in its territory, Director of Russia's Rosatom Federal Agency for Atomic Energy Sergei Kiriyenko told reporters on Wednesday.

"The Belarussian government has announced the possibility of building a nuclear power plant in its territory, and Atomstroiexport has carried out a presentation and submitted the necessary documents," he said.

"If Belarus has such interests, we are ready to interact; it's possible," Kiriyenko underlined.

Source:

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10854405&PageNum=0