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South Korea ready to cooperate with Turkey on nuclear plant
Turkey and South Korea will soon resume talks about constructing a nuclear power plant in Turkey.
The presidents of the two countries will meet in the coming days to settle key differences that caused the parties to halt talks in 2010.
“South Korea is willing to cooperate with Turkey on a nuclear power plant. The relevant ministers will meet as soon as possible in order to overcome these disagreements,” Lee Myung-bak, president of South Korea, said at a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart yesterday.
They held a long discussion on the nuclear issue, Turkish President Abdullah Gul said, adding that Turkey wanted to see nuclear energy cooperation as part of a strategic partnership with South Korea.
The two presidents will continue discussing basic principles, Gul said.
The state power companies of Turkey and South Korea had signed a preliminary deal in March 2010, paving the way for talks aimed at concluding an intergovernmental agreement to build a nuclear power plant at Sinop, on Turkey’s northern Black Sea coast.
Hurriyet Daily News