Russia, India to jointly implement projects in third countries

VIENNA, September 19. /TASS/. State Corporation Rosatom and the Government of India are discussing cooperation in third countries. Bangladesh was chosen for a pilot project, where by the end of this year construction of the first nuclear power plant of Russian design in the country will start, Head of Rosatom Alexey Likhachev told reporters. "We started discussing possible cooperation in implementing projects in third countries. As a flagship pilot project for interaction with the Indians, we took a station in Bangladesh. Indian partners are very sympathetic to this pilot project," Likhachev said. He added that the implementation of the pilot project with India will help develop a common approach for working together in other countries. "I hope that based on our India-Bangladesh-Russia interaction, together with Indian partners we will develop an approach to work in third markets," Likhachev said. Read more