Dhaka, Moscow draft N power planmt MOU
Friday, 3 April 2009
A Russian minister will visit Bangladesh later this month to sign an MOU aimed to build nuclear power plants in this energy-starved country, reports bdnews24.com.
Senior officials from the two countries ended three days of "useful" talks in Dhaka Thursday and said they had already drafted the MOU.
"We'll now await clearance from the higher authorities," M M Neazuddin, who led the Bangladesh team to the talks, said. Once the MOU okayed, he said, further steps would be taken.
Neazuddin, a joint secretary at the science and ICT ministry, would not give further details.
But Dhaka officials familiar with the negotiations said the two sides discussed the possibility of setting up two 1000-mw units.
The talks did not cover the source of funding or financing terms.
Senior officials from the two countries ended three days of "useful" talks in Dhaka Thursday and said they had already drafted the MOU.
"We'll now await clearance from the higher authorities," M M Neazuddin, who led the Bangladesh team to the talks, said. Once the MOU okayed, he said, further steps would be taken.
Neazuddin, a joint secretary at the science and ICT ministry, would not give further details.
But Dhaka officials familiar with the negotiations said the two sides discussed the possibility of setting up two 1000-mw units.
The talks did not cover the source of funding or financing terms.