Belarus President in talks with CGNPC

29 October 2008

Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, met with the top management of China Guangdong Nuclear Power Co (CGNPC) on 28 October to discuss the possible construction of the country's first nuclear power plant. He told them, "It is a very important project. Safety of a nuclear power plant for a country situated in the centre of Europe also means the country's international responsibility to its partners and neighbours." With regards to a tender, he told CGNPC, "We will hold a fair contest. If your corporation proposes more advantageous conditions and undertakes to build a nuclear power station in Belarus which will be safe according to all world standards, cheap and of high quality, you will be chosen to build it. If another company proposes better variants, naturally that company will be chosen to build it." He concluded, "The fact that you build nuclear power plants in China by yourself, have experience in it and cooperate with the world's biggest companies, that you are able to design and build nuclear power plant 100% by yourself - all this is worth a lot."

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