Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin will take part in the ceremony of raising nuclear fuel at Akkui NPP on April 27 in video communication mode. The Turkish leader said this in an interview with TRT.
He added that in the coming period, Turkey intends to speed up preparations for the construction of a second nuclear power plant in the country.
According to him, Turkey held negotiations with China and South Korea regarding the implementation of this project. “According to the results of these negotiations, we will take the relevant steps through an agreement that we will conclude,” said the head of state.
President Erdogan also spoke about the prospects of the country in the energy industry. According to him, Turkey intends to bring up to 40 million cubic meters of gas per day for three years production at the Black Sea deposits.
“We are preparing for new exploration work. Seismic exploration is completed in the central part of the Black Sea and continue in its eastern part. Then the drilling will begin,” he added.
Further, the Turkish leader touched the last events in Sudan, where there were clashes between the army and the quick response forces.
Erdogan said that he discussed the situation in Sudan with President Algeria Abdelmadzhid Tebbun. According to the President of Turkey, he also plans to negotiate with representatives of both warring parties.
The head of state expressed the hope that “the Sudanese people will continue to build the future of the country together, leaving aside disagreement”.
He assured that Turkey is ready to provide all kind of support for the establishment of peace and stability in Sudan.
The Turkish President commented on the situation in another North African state – Tunisia, according to Erdogan, he intends to negotiate with the authorities of this country in order to express his concern about the arrest of the leader of the party “An -Nahda” Rashid Gannushi.
President Erdogan also announced the construction of Istanbul satellite cities. According to him, the Turkish authorities plan to build a satellite city (or so-called reserve cities) with a total population of 1 million people in the European and Asian parts of the metropolis.
“We will create two separate cities in Istanbul with a total population of 1 million people. They will be erected on the outskirts of both of its parts, almost according to the model of satellite cities,” said Erdogan.
According to him, 130 million square meters are needed to implement the project. meters of land.
He explained that the authorities plan to resettle residents of the seismic areas in the center of Istanbul on the “periphery with a low risk of earthquakes”.
The head of state said that the reserve cities are planned to be created in other seismically dangerous regions of the country.
The Turkish leader also affected the achievements and prospects of the country in the field of shipbuilding.
According to him, Turkey will build a landing ship, which is twice the above recently put into operation of the flagship of the Turkish Navy TCG Anadolu. President Erdogan emphasized that this will much increase the sea power of the country.