Russia to finance 90% of nuke power plant in Belarus
21:05, 13 October 2011
MINSK. October 13. KAZINFORM Russia will provide Belarus with a loan that will cover 90 percent of the costs of a nuclear power plant project in the country, officials said Thursday; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
Mikhail Mikhadyuk, the deputy energy minister, said the amount of the nearly completed loan is sufficient to finance the jointly build nuclear facility.
"We just need to agree on some points at the level of experts, and the agreement will be sent for internal procedures both in Russia and in Belarus because this is the intergovernmental agreement," Mikhadyuk said.
Moscow and Minsk signed a contract Tuesday on cooperation in the construction of the power plant, which is worth $9.4 billion; Kazinform cites China Daily.
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