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Tashkent and Moscow celebrated the start of construction on the plant – two months after the companies involved celebrated the same thing.
On June 4, via videoconference from St. Petersburg, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, joined by International Atomic Energy Agency Director general Rafael Grossi, celebrated the start of construction on the first unit of a new nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan.
“The start of pouring concrete for the foundation of Unit 1 of the future nuclear power plant marks the beginning of the construction of one of the largest nuclear power plants in the region,” Putin said.
The event, on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, comes more than two months after the heads of Uzatom and Rosatom, partnering on the project, marked the start of construction at the site in Jizzakh region’s Forish district.
