25.04.2007 // Press service of Atomstroyexport

A delegation of Atomstroyexport has taken part in the 11th meeting of the Russian-Bulgarian Inter-Governmental Commission

Delegation of Atomstroyexport CJSC, led by the first vice president of the company Alexander Glukhov, took part in the 11th meeting of the Russian-Bulgarian Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation, held in Sofia on Apr 22–25. The Russian co-chairman of the commission is the head of the staff of the Russian Government Sergey Naryshkin, the Bulgarian co-chairman – Bulgarian Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov. Rosatom was represented by the deputy head of the agency Vladimir Travin.

The commissioners discussed the strategic directions of the Russian-Bulgarian cooperation. They noted that the Belene NPP project – a Bulgarian NPP being built by Russian Atomstroyexport — is the biggest project of the Russian-Bulgarian cooperation. The Bulgarian Government has proclaimed Belene as a facility of national significance.

During the meeting the commission signed a protocol recommending that Belene be considered as one of the priorities of the Russian-Bulgarian nuclear energy cooperation. This protocol gives Belene a special status and guarantees that it will be actively supported on a governmental level.

The commissioners stressed the importance of further cooperation in the fuel-energy complex, particularly, the necessity of involving Russian organizations in the modernization, reconstruction and decommissioning of nuclear power facilities and the development of the nuclear energy complex of Bulgaria.

Atomstroyexport CJSCis the leading Russian organization implementing inter-governmental agreements on the construction of nuclear facilities abroad. Presently, this is the only company in the world who is simultaneously building 5 nuclear power units in China, India, Iran and Bulgaria.