Belarus and Russia have created a legal framework for signing a contract agreement on the construction of a nuclear power plant

March 23, Minsk / Liliya Krapivina - BELTA /. Belarus and Russia have created a legal framework for signing a contract agreement on the implementation of the NPP construction project in Belarus. This was stated today to journalists by Deputy Energy Minister Mikhail Mykhadyuk, BELTA correspondent reports. The intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the construction of a nuclear power plant on the territory of Belarus, signed in Minsk on March 15, is a conceptual document "which provides a legal basis for signing a contract agreement for the implementation of this project," Mikhail Mykhadyuk emphasized. Further work of Belarus and Russia in this project will be detailed in the contract agreement and general contract planned for signing. In addition, the agreement stipulates that the Russian side will provide Belarus with a state loan in the amount and under the terms that will be agreed upon by a separate intergovernmental agreement, Mikhail Mykhadyuk said. /To be continued/. -0-