(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) Belarus and Hungary will develop cooperation on the use of
Russian nuclear technologies, which are used at nuclear power
plants in both countries. This is stipulated by the agreement
concluded on Wednesday following a meeting of the intergovernmental
commission on economic cooperation in Budapest, trend reports citing
tass .
The Memorandum of Understanding concerns the VVER-1200 nuclear
reactors, which operate at nuclear power plants in Belarus and are
to be installed at the Paks-2 nuclear power plant in Hungary. The
document was signed by representatives of the Hungarian company
Paks-2 and the Ministry of Energy of Belarus in the presence of
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and his Belarusian
counterpart Sergey Aleinik.
"This is a very important agreement for us, as we are going to
build the same power units that are already used in Belarus,"
Szijjarto said, reaffirming his country's commitment to the
development of nuclear energy.
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