Kremlin: Putin and Erdogan to Hold Talks Before Opening Turkish Nuclear Plant

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan later today, Thursday, before the opening of Turkey's first nuclear reactor. Peskov noted that after their phone call, the two presidents will virtually participate in an event marking the loading of nuclear fuel into the first power unit at the Akkuyu plant. The project costs $20 billion and has a capacity of 4,800 megawatts, involving the construction of four reactors in Akkuyu, located on the Mediterranean coast, allowing Turkey to join the countries producing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.