![In this photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (left) and Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (right) visit the 'Ode to Fortitude' memorial complex in Tashkent, Uzbekistan [Mikhail Metzel/Pool/AFP]](/Uploads/Images/News/2024/5/Image-2441-20240528083328.jpeg)
Russia to build nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan
President Shavkat Mirziyoyev says Uzbekistan also interested in buying more oil and gas from Russia.
Russia will build a small nuclear power plant in Uzbekistan, the first such project in post-Soviet Central Asia, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has said as he met visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin said on Monday that Russia would put $400m into a joint investment fund of $500m to finance projects in Uzbekistan.
Mirziyoyev also said Tashkent was interested in buying more oil and gas from Russia, a reversal of decades-long practice where Moscow imported hydrocarbons from Central Asia.
The Uzbek president described Putin’s visit as “historic”.
“It heralds the beginning of a new age in the comprehensive strategic partnership and alliance relations between our countries,” Mirziyoyev said.
Putin described Tashkent as a “strategic partner and reliable ally”.
According to documents published by the Kremlin, Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom will build up to six nuclear reactors with a capacity of 55 megawatts each in Uzbekistan, a much smaller-scale project than the 2.4-gigawatts one agreed in 2018, which remains to be finalised.
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