Russia is showing interest in participating in the project of a new Turkish nuclear power plant in Thrace

Russia is showing interest in participating in the future project of a new Turkish nuclear power plant in Thrace, said Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, at a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on September 1 in Bishkek, said that Ankara and Moscow intend to discuss future steps to build new nuclear power plants in Turkey after the completion of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant.

“Russia wants to transfer the experience and human resources accumulated in Akkuyu to the planned nuclear power plant in Sinop, and is also showing interest in the project in Thrace,” the T24 newspaper quotes Bayraktar as saying.

The minister added that Türkiye is negotiating not only with Russia, but also with Canada, China and South Korea regarding other nuclear power plants.