Turkey Wants To Solve Nuclear Issue By May
Fundamental issues between AnkaraMoscow on building the first ever nuclear power plant of Turkey must be resolved by the start of May, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said Tuesday.
Turkish state-run power provider Tetas on Nov. 20, 2009 canceled a tender to buildoperate the country's first nuclear power station. Tetas had been considering a report on the nuclear tender, which was held Sept. 24, 2008.
A consortium comprising Russian companies AtomstroyexportOAO Inter RAO EES (IRAO.RS)Turkish company Park Teknik was the sole bidder in the tender to buildoperate a 4,000-megawatt nuclear power station in Akkuyu, near the Turkish Mediterranean port of Mersin.
Speaking at a news conference Yildiz also said Turkey expects to renew within 10 days an agreement on a pipeline that carries Iraqi crude oil from the city of Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.
The agreement between AnkaraBaghdad expires this month.
Turkey wants to extend the agreement by 15-20 years, Yildiz previously said.
(SB-SB-ENG)
