BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

19/10/2007

Russia poised to build nuclear power plant in Belarus

RBC, 19.10.2007, Minsk 19:53:13.Russia is interested in taking part in a tender for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus, Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov told journalists in Minsk following a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Union State of Russia and Belarus. In turn, Belarusian PM Sergei Sidorsky said that Minsk would consider the related bid from Russia, stressing several other countries have also shown interest in the project.

Sidorsky reiterated that a tender for the construction of Belarus's first nuclear power plant would be announced by the end of the year, while all the required documents have already been submitted to President Alexander Lukashenko for consideration. Construction is to be completed by 2020.

Source:

http://www.rbcnews.com/free/20071019195313.shtml

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