Putin invites BRICS partners to develop energy cooperation, including nuclear power

BRASILIA, November 14. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin invited Russia’s partners in the BRICS group of nations - Brazil, India, China and South Africa - to expand cooperation in the energy sector, including the nuclear power sector. "Energy remains one of the priority areas of the five nations’ cooperation. Russia keeps to ensure reliable energy supply to global markets, makes a considerable contribution into sustaining the global energy security, without which economic growth and social development cannot be guaranteed," the Russian leader said at the closing ceremony of the BRICS business forum. "We are ready to expand cooperation with BRICS nations in the use of environmentally friendly types of fuel," he continued. Putin named "producing renewable sources of energy, increasing energy efficiency, using natural gas as engine fuel" among promising areas of joint work. He also said that "Russia has the most advanced, environmentally friendly and cleanest nuclear power generation technologies." "We successfully develop cooperation in this sector with our BRICS partners, first of all with China and India," the Russian leader said, adding that his country "invites all the other partners in the group to engage in mutually beneficial projects in the energy sector." Read more