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RF, Serbia FMs to discuss Kosovo, coop`n in Europe.
MOSCOW, December 15 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sergei Lavrov meets with his counterpart from Belgrade -- Vuk Jeremic, who
is currently here on a short working visit -- at the Ministry mansion on
Spiridonovka Street on Wednesday.
The two Ministers are to consider matters concerning Russo-Serbian
cooperation and the two countries' interaction in the international arena.
A plan for inter-Ministry consultations for 2011 and 2012 is to be signed.
Russian Ministry analysts emphasize, "Russia and Serbia maintain a
productive political dialogue. Intensive top-level contacts between
governments, parliaments, and agencies fully reflect the tendency towards
transfer of bilateral relations into the category of strategic
partnership".
Among Western Balkan countries, Serbia is traditionally in the lead by
the scope of trade-and-economic cooperation with Russia.
Russian Ministry analysts drew attention to the fact that "Trade
turnover in 2009 ran at over $2.3 billion, despite recessional phenomena,
and keeps tending towards growth. Under the 2008 intergovernmental
agreement on cooperation in the oil and gas sector, as well as in line
with accords reached during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to
Belgrade on October 20, 2009, work has been carried out to promote
large-scale energy projects, including the building of a Serbian section
of the South Stream gas trunkline, the provision of the infrastructure of
the Banat Yard subterranean gas storage facility, and the development of
the Serbian Petroleum Industry Company.
European agenda items and efforts to settle the problems of the
Western Balkans are keeping on as the main themes for interaction in the
international arena.
Russian Ministry analysts stressed, "Russia and Serbia adhere to a
principled line, according to which a final solution to the Kosovo problem
can be found through a dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on the
strength of Resolution 1,244 of the UN Security Council."
In accordance with the current resolution, the autonomous Territory of
Kosovo is part of the former Yugoslavia while Serbia is the latter's
successor internationally. A respective statement of the fact is contained
in the Fundamental Law of the Republic of Serbia.
.Sechin to discuss NPS, other joint projects in Turkey.
ISTANBUL, December 15 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Vice-Premier Igor Sechin
arrives here on Wednesday for a one-day working visit to discuss matters
aimed at building a nuclear power station (NPS) in Turkey, and other joint
projects.
As co-chairman, Sechin will attend this year's concluding session of
the Russo-Turkish intergovernmental commission and will hold additional
talks with Taner Yildiz, Turkish Minister of Energy.
Yildiz said the sides would discuss prospects for the implementation
of investment projects by private business companies of the two countries
and the state of projects the implementation of which had been already
started in various fields, including the energy sector. Russia is one of
the main partners of Turkey in the purchases of natural gas and oil and it
seeks to give greater scope to the cooperation through building new
facilities for the transportation of energy resources.
Meanwhile, the construction of a nuclear power station in the Turkish
Mediterranean city of Mersin will be the principal item on the agenda. The
upcoming talks will focus on the founding of a company to manage the
project, the company which Turkish contractors will join along with
Russian companies.
An intergovernmental agreement on the NPS project was signed in Ankara
in spring this year within the scope of Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev's visit.
ZAO AtomStrojExport Company is the general contractor of the project.
Four power units with an aggregate power of 4.8 gigawatts are to be built
in Mersin. The start-up of the construction is slated for 2013. The first
reactor is to be energized in 2018. The value of the project is
tentatively estimated at $20 billion. The Russian side will assume
responsibility for the safety of the operation of the station proper and
protection of its environment.
An AtomStrojExport seminar, timed to coincide with Sechin's visit, is
to be held here on Wednesday. Russian company executives will inform the
Turkish authorities and potential investors of the peculiarities of the
project, arrangements for subcontractor work, and project implementation
timeframe.
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Sergei Lavrov meets with his counterpart from Belgrade -- Vuk Jeremic, who
is currently here on a short working visit -- at the Ministry mansion on
Spiridonovka Street on Wednesday.
The two Ministers are to consider matters concerning Russo-Serbian
cooperation and the two countries' interaction in the international arena.
A plan for inter-Ministry consultations for 2011 and 2012 is to be signed.
Russian Ministry analysts emphasize, "Russia and Serbia maintain a
productive political dialogue. Intensive top-level contacts between
governments, parliaments, and agencies fully reflect the tendency towards
transfer of bilateral relations into the category of strategic
partnership".
Among Western Balkan countries, Serbia is traditionally in the lead by
the scope of trade-and-economic cooperation with Russia.
Russian Ministry analysts drew attention to the fact that "Trade
turnover in 2009 ran at over $2.3 billion, despite recessional phenomena,
and keeps tending towards growth. Under the 2008 intergovernmental
agreement on cooperation in the oil and gas sector, as well as in line
with accords reached during Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to
Belgrade on October 20, 2009, work has been carried out to promote
large-scale energy projects, including the building of a Serbian section
of the South Stream gas trunkline, the provision of the infrastructure of
the Banat Yard subterranean gas storage facility, and the development of
the Serbian Petroleum Industry Company.
European agenda items and efforts to settle the problems of the
Western Balkans are keeping on as the main themes for interaction in the
international arena.
Russian Ministry analysts stressed, "Russia and Serbia adhere to a
principled line, according to which a final solution to the Kosovo problem
can be found through a dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on the
strength of Resolution 1,244 of the UN Security Council."
In accordance with the current resolution, the autonomous Territory of
Kosovo is part of the former Yugoslavia while Serbia is the latter's
successor internationally. A respective statement of the fact is contained
in the Fundamental Law of the Republic of Serbia.
.Sechin to discuss NPS, other joint projects in Turkey.
ISTANBUL, December 15 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Vice-Premier Igor Sechin
arrives here on Wednesday for a one-day working visit to discuss matters
aimed at building a nuclear power station (NPS) in Turkey, and other joint
projects.
As co-chairman, Sechin will attend this year's concluding session of
the Russo-Turkish intergovernmental commission and will hold additional
talks with Taner Yildiz, Turkish Minister of Energy.
Yildiz said the sides would discuss prospects for the implementation
of investment projects by private business companies of the two countries
and the state of projects the implementation of which had been already
started in various fields, including the energy sector. Russia is one of
the main partners of Turkey in the purchases of natural gas and oil and it
seeks to give greater scope to the cooperation through building new
facilities for the transportation of energy resources.
Meanwhile, the construction of a nuclear power station in the Turkish
Mediterranean city of Mersin will be the principal item on the agenda. The
upcoming talks will focus on the founding of a company to manage the
project, the company which Turkish contractors will join along with
Russian companies.
An intergovernmental agreement on the NPS project was signed in Ankara
in spring this year within the scope of Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev's visit.
ZAO AtomStrojExport Company is the general contractor of the project.
Four power units with an aggregate power of 4.8 gigawatts are to be built
in Mersin. The start-up of the construction is slated for 2013. The first
reactor is to be energized in 2018. The value of the project is
tentatively estimated at $20 billion. The Russian side will assume
responsibility for the safety of the operation of the station proper and
protection of its environment.
An AtomStrojExport seminar, timed to coincide with Sechin's visit, is
to be held here on Wednesday. Russian company executives will inform the
Turkish authorities and potential investors of the peculiarities of the
project, arrangements for subcontractor work, and project implementation
timeframe.
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