Turkey, Russia to meet on nuclear power plant
BAKU. February 10. KAZINFORM. The Turkish energy minister announced on Tuesday that Turkish and Russian working groups continued their talks on establishment of a nuclear power plant in Turkey; Kazinform cites Today.Az referring to World Bulletin.
Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz said that Turkey should better start consuming nuclear energy by 2017.
"Turkish and Russian working groups would meet again in Istanbul this month," Yildiz told a televised interview.
Yildiz said that Turkey was planning to sign an intergovernmental agreement before the parliament's summer recess.
The minister said the construction of a nuclear power plant would last around seven years, and Turkey should have nuclear power plants at least in two regions till 2023.
Also, Yildiz enumerated energy projects with Azerbaijan as the Shah Deniz 1 project, Shah Deniz 2 project and talks on natural gas connections between 2016 and 2017, and connection to Europe via Turkey.