BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

03/12/2007

Belarus Trying to Attract Private Investment to Npp Construction

MINSK. Dec 3 (Interfax) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko considers attracting private investments, including those from abroad, for the construction of a new nuclear power plant.

"We do not rule out investment, not even private investment. We will be ready to talk to international institutions and private individuals - wealthy people," Lukashenko said in an interview with El Pais, a Spanish newspaper.

An open tender will be held in the country to select a partner in the NPP construction, the president said.

"There are three main groups that produce nuclear plants - a Franco-German group, a U.S.-Japanese joint venture and a Russian group," Lukashenko said.

Source:

http://www.blackenterprise.com/yb/ybopen.asp?section=ybaa&story_id=112595613&ID=blackenterprise